Michael Cohen on Trump-Musk Feud: ‘It’s Not Going to End Well for Elon Musk’

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Host and creator of the real Michael Cohen. On substack. You are uniquely positioned to understand this, this fight.
>> Sadly, yeah.
>> You. Just to be clear, whatever you think the bromance was between Donald Trump and Elon Musk, you were the closest person to Donald Trump other than his family. In fact, you’ve argued, perhaps in some cases closer than his family is confidant. Correct. You got like late night, middle of the night phone calls from him?
>> Sure. 4 A.M. in the morning, 11:00.
>> At.
>> Night, every.
>> Single night.
>> For over a decade. You know, I was. On your show, Ali, several months.
>> Back, and.
>> I.
>> Told you.
>> That this bromance was not going.
>> To last long.
>> And, you know, I write about.
>> It in my.
>> Substack where I turn around and I described it and everybody has.
>> Seen this. It’s the lean in.
>> By Trump. The whisper, and.
>> Then that.
>> Gaze into.
>> Your eyes.
>> Where you think that he’s looking.
>> At, you know.
>> What he’s looking.
>> At is his.
>> Own.
>> Reflection in your pupils. He doesn’t care about Elon Musk. He used Elon Musk.
>> For what.
>> He needed. Initially it was.
>> The.
>> Money so.
>> That he.
>> Didn’t.
>> Have to.
>> Lay out any.
>> Of.
>> His own. And also.
>> More.
>> Importantly, for his access with x, that was the single most important thing. So Elon is not.
>> Wrong when he says.
>> That he helped to bring.
>> Or lets. Elon said that he’s the one that delivered.
>> The election.
>> I’m not.
>> So sure we can.
>> Say that.
>> But he certainly. Didn’t hurt. So let’s talk about that, because that’s a weird thing for those of us who live in a democracy, right? You vote for somebody because you think they’re more aligned with you. You hope they do the right thing, and if they don’t, you throw them out of office the next time, or you campaign against them, or you protest or you phone them. Whatever the entitlement that Elon Musk. And look, I don’t know which one to like or dislike in this thing. The enemy of your enemy is not necessarily your friend in this case, but but it is remarkable the entitlement that Elon Musk thinks he bought the presidency and he’s expecting a return on that investment.
>> Well, he already got the.
>> Return on the investment.
>> I mean, let’s.
>> Be clear, since Trump became president of the United States. Elon Musk increased his net.
>> Worth by over $200 billion. So.
>> You know, you put $280 million in, you pull out 210 x investment. Yeah that’s a pretty good.
>> Investment by any standard.
>> You know where. Elon Musk is making a mistake. The feud.
>> Should not.
>> Have gone on the. Way that it did.
>> And I.
>> Say that.
>> Because while.
>> Elon Musk may.
>> Be the.
>> Richest man.
>> In the world, Donald.
>> Trump is.
>> The most powerful man in the world.
>> And as.
>> We’ve already seen.
>> And I know this firsthand. I know this better than anybody.
>> Because I was.
>> That guy, the one that Trump leaned into.
>> The.
>> One that he.
>> Whispered into the ear. You can show.
>> 100 videos.
>> Of the two.
>> Of us together.
>> Everybody right now in the White House, all.
>> Of his enablers, his.
>> Sycophants.
>> The folks that are around him from. Let’s say.
>> Marco Rubio.
>> Howard lutnick, Steve Witkoff, even MAGA, Mike Johnson. They all they. All want to.
>> Be that guy.
>> They want it.
>> To be.
>> Like.
>> After I left, it was.
>> Jared Kushner.
>> They want to.
>> Be that guy that’s in.
>> Trump’s orbit.
>> 24 over seven. The problem, though.
>> Is it never.
>> Ends well.
>> For anybody.
>> Remember, it. Was Rudy Giuliani at one point in time constantly whispering into the ear, it.
>> Doesn’t end.
>> Well for anybody.
>> And it’s.
>> Not going.
>> To end. Well for.
>> Elon Musk because now.
>> The dark.
>> Overlord right. Steve Bannon comes in with his 12 shirts five jackets.
>> And he.
>> Already is doing what I.
>> Had.
>> Said that Trump was.
>> Going to.
>> Do, which was to pull a mohammed.
>> Bin salman.
>> On all of these mega billionaires that cross him.
>> And he.
>> Has the power.
>> Of government.
>> You’re never Elon. You’re never.
>> More powerful.
>> Than the president of the United States.
>> And you never.
>> Richer than the country.
>> When you start.
>> Hearing people like Steve Bannon make comments.
>> We’re going.
>> To.
>> Nationalize spacex. Don’t we have NASA?
>> We’re going.
>> To revoke his.
>> Immigration status.
>> He’s south African. They’re going to do to x what they’re.
>> Doing to.
>> TikTok, which is. Nationalize that.
>> As well.
>> They’re going to really.
>> Go after Elon Musk like