Comment by southernplaces7

In this case Musk should be careful if he cares about keeping what he has. It's Trump who, pun intended, holds all the trump cards. Musk can threaten some random expo of bad stuff about Trump but the president has been getting sprayed for years with his own shitty past activities and has pretty much built an entire persona of armour that lets them slide off like water from a duck's back. Trump's core of supporters loves him enough to not give a shit whatever new dirt they hear anyhow, while just about nobody, even among republican types, likes a socially unpleasant techbro on steroids like Musk.

Legally too, Trump can absolutely hammer even someone as rich as Musk with all kinds of tools through his FCC, FTC, AG's office and Justice Department. Musk can... tweet about how angry he is and share a document or two. Hardly a good balance of competing powers. There are the vital SpaceX tech contracts working in Musk's favor, but they're not an insurmountable problem for the notably reckless Trump admin.