Elon Musk breaks with Trump on energy: ‘Oil is small-time’

May 29, 2025

Elon Musk appeared to contradict long-running efforts by President Donald Trump to promote fossil fuels over renewable energy on Monday, writing in a post on his X platform Tuesday morning: “Compared to solar, oil is small-time.”

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