Trump’s new friend is Sam Altman, Musk’s “nemesis,” according to a Friday story in The Daily Beast.
Altman established OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and other products. The Beast referenced claims from the Wall Street Journal that Altman met with Trump for dinner in June, during which he told the group that he was “a very brilliant man.”
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Compared to how Trump treated Altman in the early days of the Trump transition, this represents a significant change. However, Musk is no longer Trump’s “first buddy” as an individual. Musk was the one who “kept Altman out of meetings at Mar-a-Lago and in the overflow room at the inauguration rather than on the dais with his fellow tech CEOs.”
Altman, according to the article, was circling Musk and waiting.
“Altman developed a personal rapport with the president by having dinner with him at Mar-a-Lago in March and occasionally conversing with him over the phone. According to the story, Altman, a seasoned Democrat who had previously likened Trump to Hitler, told associates that he now felt regret for his harsh criticism of Trump during his first campaign and tenure.
The millionaire even declared that he was no longer a Democrat and that he was “politically homeless,” He even hired MAGA lobbyist Jeff Miller and former Trump campaign adviser Chris LaCivita.
The source went on to say that Musk was furious when Altman managed to get an invitation to the White House for Trump’s pro-AI announcement. He attacked Altman on X for being anti-Trump, but Altman responded that he was exercising his “own thinking” at the moment and that he believed Trump would be “incredible” for the nation.
Trump made fun of Musk when a reporter questioned him about criticism of a deal with Stargate.
Trump remarked, “He despises one of the parties involved.” “Elon—one of the guys he happens to despise—is among the extremely intelligent individuals in the deal. However, I also harbor some animosities toward people.
Altman became part of Trump’s inner circle after he and Musk had a falling out, and it has been profitable.
Altman is the headline speaker at the Federal Reserve conference, and OpenAI recently secured a new $200 million contract with the Pentagon.
