Scaramucci advises Musk to 'stick to business' because 'these people can hurt you'
Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci on Monday urged Elon Musk to stay out of politics and focus on his successful businesses.
“Stick to business. You‘ve done great. You‘ve made a couple hundred billion dollars since the election,” Scaramucci said in an interview on CNN’s “The Situation Room” with Wolf Blitzer, describing his advice to Musk.
“Lay off the gas on politics a little bit because these people, these people could hurt you. And it‘s no, no need for you to get hurt. You‘re doing so well in your life,” Scaramucci continued.
Scaramucci – who worked briefly in the Trump administration and has since become an outspoken critic – noted the outsized role Musk played during the 2024 election but said he does not expect Musk to have the same power in Washington.
“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,” Scaramucci said. “The stuff that Elon Musk did in Pennsylvania alone, I think helped the president win that election. So he has a very big voice.”
But Scaramucci said that while Musk might expect to “go to Washington and change Washington,” he might not find the success he is hoping to find.
“He‘s just got to be very, very careful because he‘s making enemies that he doesn‘t realize,” Scaramucci said of Musk. “And the incentives in Washington are totally different than those in business. And so everybody is incentivized in a different and sometimes irrational way.”
“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,” Scaramucci said.
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