The two have a complicated history, but were apparently on friendlier terms at the start of the Trump Administration.
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have a complicated history. In 2023, the two vowed to fight each other in a cage match that never happened. But by early 2025, when both were cozying up to Donald Trump, they were apparently on more friendly terms.
In February of that year, Zuckerberg texted Musk approvingly about his work with the now-defunct Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). “Looks like DOGE is making progress,” the Meta CEO texted. “I’ve got our teams on alert to take down content doxxing or threatening the people on your team. Let me know if there’s anything else I can do to help.”
The texts, which were published Friday in court documents as part of Musk’s lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI, are dated February 3, 2025. That’s just a few weeks after Zuckerberg announced Meta’s pivot away from content moderation in favor of “free expression.” It’s also the same day that a US Attorney said he would protect DOGE employees from “disgruntled” critics.
Hell I don’t even necessarily want to help humanity, that’d just be a side effect of my autism. I want to build a comprehensive rail network thatd make the Japanese seem incomprehensive and build working historical replicas of various 20th century war machines, also maybe revisit some aquaculture/hydroponics ideas from one of my ancestors since early 20th century tech wasn’t the greatest.