The backlash escalated Thursday, when Vivek Ramaswamy, in a post on X, criticized an American culture that he said “venerated mediocrity over excellence.”

The battle playing out on X, the MAGA public square, has gone viral and turned personal over Musk's describing US workers as not 'super motivated'

CNN’s Katilan Collins and Jonah Goldberg discuss the escalating tension between Elon Musk and members of a MAGA faction that includes long-time Trump ally Laura Loomer.

Elon Musk blasted a segment of the MAGA movement as “contemptible fools” and called for them to be ousted from the Republican Party. The tweet from the Tesla CEO and owner of X, formerly Twitter, was the latest salvo in what some are calling a “civil war” among the far right.