{"id":2457657,"date":"2025-07-09T19:02:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T23:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-chief-of-staff-confirms-elon-had-fatherly-fixation-with-trump-before-troublesome-fallout\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T19:03:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T23:03:00","slug":"trump-chief-of-staff-confirms-elon-had-fatherly-fixation-with-trump-before-troublesome-fallout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-chief-of-staff-confirms-elon-had-fatherly-fixation-with-trump-before-troublesome-fallout\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Chief of Staff Confirms Elon Had &#8216;Fatherly Fixation&#8217; with Trump Before &#8216;Troublesome&#8217; Fallout"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-chief-of-staff-confirms-elon-had-fatherly-fixation-with-trump-before-troublesome-fallout%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2457657&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump&#8217;s chief of staff, revealed in a podcast interview that Elon Musk once had a &#8220;fatherly fixation&#8221; on Trump, describing their <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >initially close relationship<\/a> as ultimately ending in a &#8220;very troublesome&#8221; falling-out.Wiles noted that Musk offered valuable insights and resources during and after the 2024 campaign and appreciated his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/our-nation-is-ripe-evangelist-greg-laurie-seeks-to-bring-billy-grahams-legacy-to-new-generation\/\" title=\"\u2018Our Nation Is Ripe\u2019: Evangelist Greg Laurie Seeks To Bring Billy Graham\u2019s Legacy To New Generation\">unique perspective<\/a>. However, the alliance deteriorated following Musk&#8217;s public criticisms of Trump&#8217;s policies, including the &#8220;Big Beautiful Bill,&#8221; leading to a public feud on social media. Despite the breakdown,Wiles expressed respect for Musk as a &#8220;fascinating person&#8221; but did not clarify the precise causes of their rift. Trump and Musk had been closely aligned during the campaign, with Musk actively supporting Trump&#8217;s efforts before their relationship soured.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump&rsquo;s chief of staff said Wednesday that Elon Musk once had what she described as a &ldquo;fatherly fixation&rdquo; with her boss before a falling-out that ended their once<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/convicted-murderer-who-cut-off-boyfriends-head-genitals-gets-life-in-prison-without-parole\/\" title=\"Murderer who dismembered boyfriend receives life sentence with no chance of parole.\">-close relationship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-investigating-gop-lawmakers-receive-unsettling-calls-susie-wiles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Susie Wiles<\/a> made the comments during <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/09\/us-news\/trump-elon-musk-had-very-troublesome-ending-susie-wiles-tells-pod-force-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an appearance<\/a> on &ldquo;Pod Force One,&rdquo; hosted by New York Post columnist Miranda Devine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-trumps-finally-bringing-justice-brennan-comey-officially-criminal-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Devine<\/a> asserted that Musk &ldquo;had a sort of fatherly fixation with Donald Trump that I guess inevitably was going to blow up at some point.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Wiles agreed with the assessment and said Musk offered unique insights during and after the 2024 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The president was very, very kind to him,&rdquo; Wiles told Devine. &ldquo;And Elon had so much to offer us. He knew things we didn&rsquo;t know. He knew people and technologies that we didn&rsquo;t know.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles opened up to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mirandadevine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mirandadevine<\/a> on the latest episode of &ldquo;Pod Force One&rdquo; about President Trump&#8217;s &ldquo;very troublesome&rdquo; falling out with Elon Musk. Subscribe here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mF1jSbzGLE\">https:\/\/t.co\/mF1jSbzGLE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8b0cdbfjEx\">pic.twitter.com\/8b0cdbfjEx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1942920879471562753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was a great thing when it was a great thing, and had a very, I think, a very troublesome ending,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Wiles did not elaborate on the exact cause of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-says-going-take-look-deporting-elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the rift<\/a> between Trump and Musk.<\/p>\n<p>But Musk first blew up at Trump publicly early last month after expressing his displeasure with the cost of the president&rsquo;s &ldquo;Big Beautiful Bill,&rdquo; which he signed into law on July 4.<\/p>\n<p>Wiles was asked about Musk&rsquo;s personal attacks against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know. I don&rsquo;t understand it. I don&rsquo;t know,&rdquo; she told Devine. &ldquo;I know that what has been said doesn&rsquo;t ring accurate to me, but I don&rsquo;t know.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She went on to describe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/back-trump-musk-feud-reignites-big-beautiful-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Musk<\/a> as &ldquo;a fascinating person.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I enjoyed working with Elon,&rdquo; Wiles said. &ldquo;I think he&rsquo;s a fascinating person and sees the world differently, and I think that&rsquo;s probably what the president saw, too.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She concluded that their close relationship had come to what she called &ldquo;not a good ending.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump and Musk were almost inseparable on the campaign trail last year as the billionaire Tesla CEO opened up his checkbook while campaigning for the Republican nominee.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, who formerly aligned with the Democrats, was then appointed by Trump to root out government waste at the Department of Government Efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>The alliance collapsed when the two traded barbs on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-kyle-rittenhouse-finally-released-on-2-million-cash-bond\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Kyle Rittenhouse FINALLY Released on  Million Cash Bond\">social media &#038;mdash<\/a>; Trump on  and Musk through X.<\/p>\n<p>Musk later dialed back some of his criticism but has spent the last week floating the idea of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-offers-devastating-assessment-musks-ridiculous-proposed-new-party-itll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">starting<\/a> a third political party.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has called the idea &ldquo;ridiculous.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Susie Wiles shared these remarks during an interview on &#8220;Pod Force One,&#8221; hosted by New York Post columnist Miranda Devine. Devine suggested that Musk&#8217;s fatherly interest in Trump was bound to cause tension, and Wiles agreed, noting that Musk provided valuable insights during and after the 2024 campaign. She said Trump was very kind to Musk, who brought knowledge of people and technologies unknown to them. 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