The Musk tracker
A sourced record of 215 statements and actions by Elon Musk and his companies since 2022: interventions in the politics, governments, courts and regulation of 44 countries and the European Union, threats and legal action against critics, and the use of market power against competitors. Each entry sets out what he said or did, the background, the response and what happened next.
Public attacks on heads of government, ministers, judges and officials.
During a public feud, Musk posted Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files,
offering no evidence, and replied Yes
to a post calling for Trump's impeachment and replacement by JD Vance.
Response: Trump said the easiest way to save money
would be to terminate Elon's governmental subsidies and contracts
. The White House declined to comment (ABC News).
United States4 sourcesMusk posted that the massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination
and wrote Shame on those who voted for it.
Response: Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said The president already knows where Elon Musk stood on this bill
and that it did not change his opinion (TheWrap); Speaker Mike Johnson said "my friend Elon is t…
United States2 sourcesReplying to Senator Mark Kelly's thread about his visit to Ukraine, Musk wrote You are a traitor.
He later repeated in an interview that anyone not putting US interests first is a traitor.
Response: Kelly said Musk was not a serious guy
and should go back to building rockets
(ABC News), and later said he would put Musk much closer to Russia
(KJZZ).
United States2 sourcesAfter US District Judge Paul Engelmayer temporarily barred DOGE staff from Treasury payment systems, Musk called him A corrupt judge protecting corruption
who needs to be impeached NOW!
Response: New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said What's shady is a tech billionaire breaking the law to try to steal millions of Americans' sensitive data
(CNBC). On 18 March 2025 Chief Justice Joh…
United States2 sourcesIn more than two dozen posts Musk wrote This bill should not pass,
repeatedly called it criminal,
wrote Johnson should be ashamed of himself. This is indefensible,
and said lawmakers who voted for it should be voted out (Axios; CNN).
Response: Rep. Don Bacon said Musk should have gotten the facts
; Johnson said he was texting with Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to explain the bill (CNN). President-elect Trump also came out against the bill (For…
United States3 sourcesReplying to a user who asked why people wanted to kill Donald Trump, Musk wrote And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala.
He deleted the post and said it had been a joke.
Response: The White House said Violence should only be condemned, never encouraged or joked about. This rhetoric is irresponsible.
The Secret Service said it was aware of the post and "investigates all threa…
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