Elon Musk Says 'It's Time' for Donald Trump to 'Hang Up His Hat and Sail Into the Sunset'

Mar. 15, 2025

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Elon Muskis sharing his thoughts onDonald Trump’s future in politics.

In response to anew videoof former President Trump, 76, calling the Tesla CEO “another bulls— artist” at an Alaska rally Saturday, Musk, 51, tweeted Monday, “I don’t hate the man, but it’stime for Trump to hang up his hat& sail into the sunset.”

“Dems should also call off the attack – don’t make it so that Trump’s only way to survive is to regain the Presidency,” he continued.

Musk also replied to a Twitter user who tweeted a list of things Trump did during his presidency that the user considered positive: “Yeah,but too much drama. Do we really want a bull in a china shop situation every single day!?”

“Also, I think the legal maximum age for start of Presidential term should be 69,” Musk added.

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Another user told Musk he was “a little surprised” to hear the SpaceX founder’s opinion of Trump, writing, “I say Trump/DeSantis 2024 DeSantis 2028/32.”

“Trump wouldbe 82 at end of term, which is too old to be chief executive of anything, let alone the United States of America,” Musk wrote.

“He’s got himself a mess,” Trump said of the Twitter deal, adding of Musk’s recent claim thathe “might never have voted for a Republican"in the past, “I didn’t know that; he told me he voted for me.”

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Before backing out of his Twitter deal, Musk said in May that if his deal to acquire the social-media platform went through as planned, he would reverse thepermanent ban against Trumpthat was put in place following theriots at the U.S. Capitol.

“Permanent bans should be extremely rare and really reserved for accounts that are bots, or scam, spam accounts … I do think it was not correct to ban Donald Trump,” Musk said at FT Live’s Future of the Car conference, according to aCNBC report. “I think that was a mistake, because it alienated a large part of the country and did not ultimately result in Donald Trump not having a voice.”

He was quick to note, however, that he hadn’t yet acquired Twitter.

“Iwould reverse the permanent ban,” Musk added. “I don’t own Twitter yet. So this is not like a thing that will definitely happen, because what if I don’t own Twitter?”

source: people.com