Musk's Moves: Juggling Tesla, X, Politics, and Flying Cybertrucks

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Elon Musk has been dominating headlines this week with a flurry of developments that show just how tightly his business ambitions, political interests, and Internet persona remain intertwined. Over the past few days, Musk made a high-visibility visit to Vancouver, touching down in British Columbia before reportedly jetting off to visit Rupert Murdoch’s private bunker, the sort of flashy drop-in that keeps paparazzi abuzz and his name trending on social media. Meanwhile, on the political front, Musk surprised both backers and critics by quietly walking back his audacious plans to launch the America Party, an effort he originally unveiled last month to challenge the two-party establishment in U.S. politics. Sources from The Wall Street Journal say the pivot reflects his desire to avoid alienating Republican power-brokers, especially President Trump and Vice President JD Vance. Musk is now considering using his financial heft to back Vance in a possible 2028 presidential run, but for now he’s shelving his party-building ambitions and focusing on his companies, a move that’s making waves inside the Beltway and among his Silicon Valley peers.

Tesla developments have also stoked curiosity, with Musk teasing on X—formerly Twitter—about the wild idea of creating a flying Cybertruck after sharing a viral video rendering from the AI tool Grok Imagine. While tongue-in-cheek, the post is classic Musk: blending visionary speculation with plausible future tech, and fans are already speculating when, not if, a hover-capable Tesla vehicle becomes reality. On a more practical note, Tesla has promised updates to further automate parking at Supercharger stations and is rumored to be prepping a show-stopping Roadster demo before the end of the year.

In the realm of global business, Musk has been invited to a high-profile Saudi-U.S. investment summit in Riyadh, signaling warming relations with Saudi Arabia after years of rocky history. This follows Tesla’s market entry in Saudi earlier this year, suggesting lingering rifts with the Saudi Public Investment Fund are finally healing.

Musk’s social media platform X continues to smash records, now being the most downloaded news app in over 140 countries according to Instagram data. Yet the tech mogul is not done picking fights: he recently blasted Apple for refusing to spotlight X and his AI chatbot Grok in the App Store’s ‘Must Have’ section and has threatened legal action over what he calls anti-competitive practices, echoing the ongoing global regulatory scrutiny facing Apple.

With the likes of President Trump publicly praising Musk’s ventures and even tensions with Trump reportedly easing, Musks ability to pivot between politics, business, and headline-grabbing social media antics once again cements his status as a central figure in both tech and global power circles. Data from prominent pollsters show the public remains split: with a 55 percent unfavorable rating, he remains polarizing, but a surprising share of Republican voters are now considering supporting his political ambitions. In classic Musk fashion, the week’s news leaves one wondering what’s coming next—and when the next headline will drop.

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