Elon Musk’s father, Errol, offered a bleak prediction about his son’s future in politics after reports emerged that he’s rattled White House Cabinet members with his sweeping orders to their employees.
The 79-year-old former South African politician said in an interview with Al Arabiya News’ Global News Today program that his son may have some challenges navigating Washington D.C.
“Elon is not cut out for politics,” Errol Musk said Monday, according to the Independent.
The elder Musk added that “politics is where you have to deal with everyone... if you can’t do that, don’t get into politics.”
His comments come after it was reported that the Department of Government Efficiency head has begun to grate on Cabinet members after he demanded last week that federal government employees report their weekly duties-or potentially face termination.
The directive led to “some annoyance” among top officials and Cabinet secretaries, who “are in charge of their own agencies and need to conduct their own reviews for where cuts may be needed,” a Trump administration official told CNN.
Trump, however, insisted on TruthSocial that “ALL CABINET MEMBERS ARE EXTREMELY HAPPY WITH ELON.”
But Musk’s old man thinks otherwise. Errol suggested that Musk’s future in politics will be a bumpy ride, especially due to the 53-year-old’s inability to speak to the masses. “Elon is used to working with triple A people,” he said. “Only triple A people.”
He doubled down on his disapproval, adding that the billionaire Tesla owner’s distance from the proletariat meant “he would have a long way to go before he could really enter the political realm.”
This isn’t the first time the father-son duo have publicly clashed. While the younger Musk claimed that his father had done “evil things,” his dad bit back and said that Musk wasn’t a good father.
“If Elon hears this, he’s going to shoot me or something,” he added.
The SpaceX CEO—and world’s richest person—has 13 children, including a daughter who “disowned” him for being cruel to her as a child and refusing to accept that she’s transgender. Vivian Jenna Wilson, who’s only 20, said she was “relentlessly harassed” for her femininity and queerness and that her dad was “uncaring and narcissistic.”
The Daily Beast has reached out to Musk for comment.
