In January 2025, a post about tech billionaire Elon Musk, purportedly written by someone who knew him for years, was shared widely online. Philip Low, a scientist and founder of NeuroVigil, a company that developed a portable brain activity monitor,

The world's richest man, now firmly embedded in the Trump administration, has lost over $11 billion since the start of the year.

Text messages show Elon Musk rejected a dinner invite from Nicolai Tangen, head of Norway's oil fund, and lectured him on how to be a better friend.

“Elon Musk, a powerful and pivotal player in Trump’s inner circle, gets a shaky assessment from voters, with women clearly more critical of him than men,”Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy said in the press release.

"Donald Trump's Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, has refused to give Elon Musk an office in the West Wing, sticking DOGE in the Eisenhower building, which is across the road from the White House. She's also making him report to her."