Philip Low, Canadian neuroscientist and former former Elon Musk, believes that the billionaire could seek revenge on Donald Trump after their recent public quarrel. In an interview with Politico, he describes a man obsessed with power and unable to move on, despite an apparent de -escalation between the two camps.
Will Donald Trump’s best ally become his worst nightmare? This is what Philip Low thinks, a Canadian neuroscientist who had a 14 -year -old friendship with Elon Musk.
If, during the first months of Trump’s second term, his understanding with Elon Musk seemed to be an idyll, their relationship has been won as quickly as it was built. After a passage deemed disappointing within the government, where Musk occupied the DOGE and had the ambition to achieve 1,000 billion economy, the two men plunged into an escalation of public attacks.
Discord crystallized around the Budget “Big Budget” Budget, which the richest man in the world described as “shameless waste”. Furious, the president threatened to break the federal contracts granted to Tesla and Spacex, causing an immediate response on social networks: Musk multiplying critical messages, evoking the creation of a competing and insinuated political party that Trump was in the files linked to Jeffrey Epstein. A fragile de -escalation ended up starting, encouraged by relatives of the two camps.
“It is not a question of whether, but when he seeks to take revenge. »»
In an interview with PoliticoPhilip Low who notably collaborated with Stephen Hawking paints an unflattering psychological portrait of his former friend Elon Musk: a man obsessed with the idea of ​​dominating his opponents, ready to do anything to take revenge and unable, according to him, to turn the page.
“Knowing what I know about Elon, I really think he’s going to do everything to harm the president,” he explains. For him, any attempt to reconcile between Musk and Trump will be purely superficial: “He was humiliated. All the idea that Elon will line up alongside him, help convince Congress and finance campaigns for conservative judges … Elon could do all of this, but basically, it’s over. “Low is convinced that Musk did not say his last word:” It is not a question of whether, but when he seeks to take revenge. »»
« They inevitably would compete. »»
To issue such a hypothesis, Philip Low has been based on his long friendly relationship with Elon Musk since their meeting in Paris in 2011. After several years attending, Musk has become one of the first shareholders of Neurovigil, the LOW start-up specializing in the detection of neurological disorders.
But this proximity suddenly deteriorated when in 2021, while Musk wanted to withdraw from the company’s advisory advice, Low preferred to dismiss him, thus preventing him from exercising certain financial options which, according to him, could have weakened the business.
The rupture was consumed when Low sent him a lapidary email: “Coupons the bridges. Good luck with your implants, all your implants, and with the construction of Pottersville on Mars. Seriously, don’t come and bother me. »»
Low accuses Musk of always adopting the same strategy: trying to take control of a project and, if he fails, create a competitor. “They inevitably would compete. I think Trump tried to make believe that he wanted Elon to be as aggressive as it was, “he analyzed.
“The president does not measure the extent of the battle that awaits him. »»
Asked about the political consequences of the quarrel between Musk and Trump, Low believes that his former friend represents a threat to the Republicans: “Elon has conquered enough supporters of Trump to represent a real political danger. The president does not measure the extent of the battle that awaits him. »»
When questioned on a advice he would give to Trump, Low replied: “Respect the Constitution. And maybe listen to some of Elon’s political ideas. »»
As for Musk, it seems for the moment focused on its industrial activities. He recently launched a robott taxi service in Austin, while publicly denying rumors about his drug use. According to Low, this defensive communication indicates that Musk fears the loss of federal contracts: “He is already trying to protect himself. »»
