President Donald Trump in 2018 during his first term
The two words “President Musk” trended on Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) and other social media platforms late on Wednesday after the tech billionaire helped to thwart a Republican-created government funding bill.
Critics drew stark comparisons between Musk’s repeated attacks on and fury over the now-nixed spending package and President-elect Donald Trump’s relative silence.
Many suggested it meant that Musk —who Trump has...