{"id":1130,"date":"2025-06-22T00:39:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T00:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/elon-musk-has-a-new-plan-to-win-back-maga\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T00:39:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T00:39:25","slug":"elon-musk-has-a-new-plan-to-win-back-maga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/elon-musk-has-a-new-plan-to-win-back-maga\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Has a New Plan to Win Back MAGA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Elon Musk is in comeback mode. And he&rsquo;s doing it the only way he knows how: by igniting culture war flames and trolling progressives.<\/p>\n<p>The world&rsquo;s richest man has just endured one of the most humiliating stretches of his public life. What started as a bombastic fallout with Donald Trump, whom Musk helped return to the White House, ended with a rare and uncharacteristic public apology.<\/p>\n<div class=\"not-prose my-8 -mx-4 xs:max-w-xs xs:mx-auto\"><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week,&rdquo; Musk tweeted on June 11. &ldquo;They went too far.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 11, 2025<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This moment of contrition signaled just how much damage the feud had done, not only to Musk&rsquo;s reputation with Make America Great Again conservatives, but also to his companies. Tesla, the electric vehicle maker he leads as CEO, is still reeling from a sharp sales drop. First-quarter deliveries fell 13%, and net income plunged 71% year-over-year. The company&rsquo;s stock has dropped more than 20% since January.<\/p>\n<p>Behind the scenes, Musk has attempted to re-focus on business. He&rsquo;s back to hyping Tesla&rsquo;s future products, including robotaxis scheduled to debut June 22 in Austin, Texas, and is amplifying the work of his AI firm, xAI. But politics remains his drug of choice.<\/p>\n<p>On June 21, Musk fired up X (formerly Twitter) to declare a dramatic new front in his culture war crusade.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>&ldquo;&lsquo;Baby, what happened to Woke?&rsquo;&rdquo; he posted, mimicking a conversation. Then answered himself: &ldquo;Dead, my darling, Woke is dead.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&ldquo;Baby, what happened to Woke?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Dead, my darling, Woke is dead.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 21, 2025<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The post racked up over 35 million views. Conservative users celebrated:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Woke tried to replace Faith, family, and facts&mdash;and lost.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Woke tried to replace faith, family, and facts and lost.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Barefoot Pregnant (@usuallypregnant) June 21, 2025<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;It can only be overcome by a return to Judeo-Christian values.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Others were more skeptical:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Woke is not dead &ndash; It&rsquo;s regrouping.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#10071;&#65039;Wokeness is not dead &mdash; it&rsquo;s regrouping, seeking new disguises. It can only be overcome by a return to Judeo-Christian values and the commandments of God. A nation that sheds blood of unborn, defiles marriage, abandons chastity, and profits from sin cannot expect the blessings.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Karol Wilkosz (@WilkoszKarol) June 21, 2025<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/migrant-acquitted-in-first-trial-over-us-border-military-zones\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Migrant acquitted in first trial over US border military zones<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>&ldquo;You overused the word and now woke isn&rsquo;t used anymore.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You overused the word and now Woke isn&rsquo;t used anymore. People are still as aware and awake as ever-more so! Free Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Robin Sneed (@RobinSneed5) June 21, 2025<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One X user, who identified as bisexual, challenged Musk directly:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why does Elon hate LGBT? I know it&rsquo;s cause of his son but don&rsquo;t take it out on everyone else.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>X&rsquo;s built-in chatbot Grok quickly stepped in to clarify: &ldquo;his past comments on pronouns and X&rsquo;s relaxed moderation have led some to see his views as anti-LGBT. [But]There&rsquo;s no clear evidence his stance stems from personal issues. His intent appears to target &lsquo;woke&rsquo; ideology generally, but interpretations vary..&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&rsquo;m sorry you feel insulted. Elon Musk&rsquo;s &ldquo;Woke is dead&rdquo; post likely critiques broad progressive culture, not specifically the LGBT community. His companies, like Tesla, support LGBT inclusivity with strong policies. However, his past comments on pronouns and X&rsquo;s relaxed&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Grok (@grok) June 21, 2025<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Musk&rsquo;s war on &ldquo;woke&rdquo; is both ideological and deeply personal. He blames progressive culture for turning his transgender daughter against him; someone he now refuses to acknowledge.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My son, Xavier, died,&rdquo; he posted in March. &ldquo;He was killed by the woke mind virus. Now, the woke mind virus will die.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Exactly. <\/p>\n<p>My son, Xavier, died. He was killed by the woke mind virus. <\/p>\n<p>Now, the woke mind virus will die.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 22, 2025<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He sees &ldquo;wokeism&rdquo; as an existential threat to Western civilization. Under Musk&rsquo;s ownership, X has become a platform of resistance, where criticism of DEI, pronouns, gender identity, and political correctness are encouraged and amplified.<\/p>\n<p>His alignment with MAGA conservatives has been reinforced not just by rhetoric but by money. Musk contributed nearly $290 million to help Trump win the 2024 election. His support didn&rsquo;t go unrewarded: Trump named him head of a newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).<\/p>\n<p>But the honeymoon didn&rsquo;t last. When Musk began publicly disagreeing with Trump over policy and power, the president lashed out. The online spat culminated in Musk&rsquo;s rare public backtrack, and a realization that he may have burned too many bridges.<\/p>\n<p>Now, by mocking &ldquo;wokeism&rdquo; and celebrating its supposed death, Musk appears to be courting Trump&rsquo;s base once again.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s not clear whether Musk&rsquo;s reentry into the culture war will be enough to restore his standing with the far right. His fallout with Trump exposed ideological and ego-based rifts that may not be easy to mend. But Musk is betting that shared enemies&mdash;liberals, DEI advocates, and &ldquo;woke&rdquo; elites&mdash;are still enough to rebuild common ground.<\/p>\n<p>After all, one thing unites Musk and MAGA hardliners: a belief that progressive politics is the enemy, and that crushing it is a moral imperative.<\/p>\n<p>As Musk tests new Teslas, launches robotaxis, and builds AI tools, don&rsquo;t expect him to stay silent for long. He&rsquo;s not just fighting for influence. He&rsquo;s fighting for relevance. And right now, culture war is still his favorite battlefield.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Elon Musk Has a New Plan to Win Back MAGA<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk is in comeback mode. And he&rsquo;s doing it the only way he knows how: by igniting culture war flames and trolling progressives. The world&rsquo;s richest man has just endured one of the most humiliating stretches of his public life. What started as a bombastic fallout with Donald Trump, whom Musk helped return to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/elon-musk-has-a-new-plan-to-win-back-maga\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Elon Musk Has a New Plan to Win Back MAGA&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}