Elon Musk is gloating on X after Biden's big-boy press conference fumbles
"Reality is beyond parody!" Musk said in response to a clip of Biden accidentally referring to Vice President Kamala Harris as "Vice President Trump."
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- Elon Musk couldn't hide his amusement at President Joe Biden's latest gaffe.
- Biden accidentally referred his Vice President Kamala Harris as "Vice President Trump."
- "This is real!!??" Musk said in an X post on Thursday.
President Joe Biden's press conference on Thursday was hotly watched by the nation, including one Elon Musk.
The billionaire, who has frequently derided the president and his administration, couldn't stop himself from poking fun at Biden's gaffes on his social media platform, X.
"This is real!!??" Musk said in response to a clip where Biden had accidentally referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as "Vice President Trump."
During the press conference, Biden was asked if he had any concerns about Harris' ability to beat Trump if she took over from him when he misspoke.
"I wouldn't have picked Vice President Trump to be vice president, if she's not qualified to be president," Biden said on Thursday.
This is real!!??
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 12, 2024
Musk also poked fun at the muted facial expressions Biden's Cabinet members had when he made the mistake.
"Reality is beyond parody!" he wrote a few minutes later.
"The most entertaining outcome is the most likely," Musk said in another post referencing the incident.
Reality is beyond parody!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 12, 2024
The mixed reaction to Thursday's press conference would probably be a downer for Biden, whose team saw it as an opportunity for him to quell the growing doubts surrounding his mental acuity.
During a press briefing on Monday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby repeatedly referred to the event as Biden's "big boy press conference," a term coined by Bloomberg reporter Justin Sink.
Musk's amusement shouldn't come as a surprise to many. The mercurial businessman has been an outspoken critic of Biden ever since Tesla was excluded from the president's electric-vehicle summit in 2021.
Musk, who said he voted for Biden in 2020, has slammed Biden for his approach toward the Southern border crisis and accused the Democratic Party of being "controlled by the unions."
That said, Musk has stopped short of endorsing Biden's rival, former President Donald Trump.
"I think I would not vote for Biden. I'm not saying I'd vote for Trump," Musk told moderator Andrew Ross Sorkin at The New York Times Dealbook Summit in November.
It's worth noting that Musk has used X to platform several GOP figures. In May 2023, he helped launch Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' failed presidential bid via an X stream riddled with technical difficulties.
And while Musk has stopped short of endorsing Trump, he's admitted to meeting privately with the GOP candidate.
"I was at a breakfast at a friend's place, and Donald Trump came by, that's it," Musk told former CNN host Don Lemon in an interview that aired on March 18. "I'm not paying his legal bills in any way, shape or form. And he did not ask me for money."
During a June 13 Tesla shareholder meeting, Musk revealed that Trump does "call me out of the blue for no reason."
"I don't know why, but he does," Musk said.
Representatives for Musk and Biden did not immediately respond to requests for comment from BI sent outside regular business hours.