Donald Trump’s former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci issued a veiled threat to Elon Musk and warned him to stick to his business instead of wielding his political power in Washington as he will be hurt, Scaramucci said. Elon Musk dismissed the threat and instead asked whether Scaramucci could do the fandango like in that Queen song — much to the amusement of his fans.
“Listen, he’s got a very powerful role. He’s got a $44 billion megaphone. He’s got over 200 plus million followers and, Wolf, he was instrumental in that election. The stuff that Elon Musk did in Pennsylvania alone, I think helped the president win that election. So he has a very big voice,” Scaramucci told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.
“I think the problem for Elon Musk though, he’s got a little bit of Potomac fever. You think you’re going to go to Washington and change Washington, that’s Potomac fever,” Scaramucci said adding that one of the symptoms of Potomac fever is that who has it does not know that he has the Potomac fever. “I have had Potomac fever. I am speaking as a former patient,” he said.
“He’s just got to be very very careful because he’s making enemies that he doesn’t realize, and the incentives in Washington are totally different from those in business,” he said adding that his advice to Elon Musk would be to lay off the gas. on politics.
“And I think the power that he’s wielding right now, Washington has a great immunological system, and I think they’ll find a way to rebut him. So I would say to Elon Musk, not that he would listen to me, but stick to business. You’ve done great. You’ve made a couple hundred billion dollars since the election. Uh, lay off the gas on politics a little bit because these people could hurt you. And there’s no need for you to get hurt. You’re doing so well in your life,” Scaramucci said.
The comments came as Elon Musk was called ‘President Musk’ as he took the lead in getting the bipartisan spending bill rejected by Congress. Had a last-minute new bill not been passed, the US would have faced a federal shutdown.
