After days of unsubtle back-and-forth on X, Musk has now unfollowed Stephen Miller.
The change in status occurred some time before 1 p.m. on Thursday, when X account Big Tech Alert publicized its discovery.
The news comes one week after Musk reportedly poached Miller’s wife, Katie Miller, who left DOGE to work for him full time.
However, as of 3:55 p.m. on Thursday, Miller still follows Musk, meaning the sudden unfollowing is one-sided—at least for now.
The unfollowing may be one-sided, but it’s hardly unexpected. Miller has spent most of his time doing everything he could to thwart the former DOGE administrator, staunchly defending Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill after Musk called it an “abomination.”
Without naming Musk explicitly, Miller took to X on Wednesday to correct his criticisms of the “Big Beautiful Bill” after Musk told reporters he felt the bill undermined DOGE’s work. Miller also called the bill “the most essential piece of legislation... in generations.”
Of course, there’s also a personal undercurrent to their professional tension thanks to Katie Miller’s career change.
According to CNN, Katie is working in a communications capacity, helping Musk to arrange “interviews unrelated to his time in government.” She’s also on X, where she recently changed her header image to a photo of a SpaceX rocket, and responded with a heart emoji to a post asking, “Who here loves Stephen Miller?”
However, Musk’s reasoning behind unfollowing Miller may not be personal. He also recently unfollowed conservative pundit Charlie Kirk, per Big Tech Alert.
Rather than an escalation of his feud with Miller, Musk’s recent following choices may be part of the Tesla CEO’s sudden push to burn his bridges with the White House since departing DOGE on May 30.
In the past two days, Musk has unleashed near-constant tweets condemning the Big Beautiful Bill and later, the president himself.
Just minutes before followers noticed he’d unfollowed Miller, Musk began firing off an ongoing series of posts in response to Trump’s comment that he was “very disappointed” in him for opposing the Big Beautiful Bill.
In one post, Musk wrote, “Without me, Trump never would have won the election.” In a second, he added, “Such ingratitude.”
Musk has only gotten more extreme with his post-breakup comments in the hours since unfollowing Miller. Most recently, he took to X to accuse the president of being “in the Epstein files,” concluding his rant with, “Have a nice day, DJT!”
