With the feud between President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk reigniting this week, social media users in China are siding with the world’s richest man, according to The Guardian.
Users of Weibo, a Chinese microblogging website, expressed their support for Musk after the billionaire said he would create a new political party if a tax and spending bill featuring major pieces of Trump’s agenda were passed.
“If this insane spending bill passes, the America Party will be formed the next day,” Musk wrote on X this week. “Our country needs an alternative to the Democrat-Republican uniparty so that the people actually have a VOICE.”
On Wednesday, the hashtag #MuskWantsToBuildAnAmericaParty went viral on Weibo, according to The Guardian. Members of the social media platform also expressed their support for Musk in their posts.
“If Elon Musk were to found a political party, his tech-driven mindset could inject fresh energy into politics. The potential for change is significant – and worth watching,” one user wrote, according to The Guardian.
“Brother Musk, you’ve got over a billion people on our side backing you," another user wrote.
Musk is viewed positively in China thanks to his technological achievements, according to The Guardian.
“Tesla’s electric vehicles are the only western brand on Chinese roads that can rival domestic firms and the company’s biggest factory by volume is in Shanghai,” according to The Guardian. “Musk is known to have a close relationship with China’s premier, Li Qiang, while Musk’s mother, Maye Musk, is a social media celebrity in her own right in China.”
Not all users on Weibo were siding with Musk.
“These two grown men argue nonstop over the smallest things – and the whole world ends up knowing about it,” wrote one user, according to The Guardian.
“Every day, Musk is basically live-streaming ‘How Billionaires Argue,’” wrote another.
After Musk blasted the tax and spending legislation, known as the “Big Beautiful Bill,” Trump was asked by a reporter on Tuesday whether he would consider deporting Musk, a naturalized US citizen, to South Africa, where he was born..
“I don’t know, we’ll have to take a look,” Trump replied. “We might have to put DOGE (the Department of Government Efficiency) on Elon, you know.” – masslive.com/Tribune News Service
