Billionaire Elon Musk has revealed what he and Barron Trump discussed while celebrating Thanksgiving at Mar-a-Lago. US President-elect Donald Trump hosted a lavish Thanksgiving dinner at his Flordia home with family and special guests, including Tesla and SpaceX owner Elon Musk and his mother Maye Musk. Several videos emerged from the night, showing Musk sitting at the same table as Mr Trump, his wife Melania and their youngest son, Barron. The clip went viral and many people started speculating about what the VIP guests were discussing during the event.
An X user jokingly shared a screenshot of Mr Trump’s conversation with Barron, which featured a fake conversation. “‘Is it okay if I make friends with Elon?’ ‘I’ll allow it, Dad,'” the post’s caption read. Mr Musk replied to the tweet, saying he was talking to the president-elect’s son about “consciousness and video games”.
I was discussing consciousness and video games with Baron
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 29 November 2024
Mr Musk’s mother, Maye, also joined the conversation and wrote, “They were talking all night. Barron is very smart.”
The presence of the Musk family at Mr Trump’s Thanksgiving celebration added a special touch to the family gathering, which included a moment when Mr Musk was seen grooving to the ‘YMCA’ song while sitting with the President-elect. The clip showed Mr Trump patting Mr Musk firmly on the shoulder, prompting the billionaire to raise his hand and move to the beat.
“Hope you had a great Thanksgiving,” Mr Musk later posted on Instagram.
??Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!??
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 29 November 2024
The billionaire was also seen spending time with actor Sylvester Stallone at the event. “I was telling @TheSlyStallone I just watched Demolition Man and how well it predicted the crazy future from 30 years ago!” Mr Musk wrote on X, referring to the film in which Stallone plays the lead role.
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In particular, Mr Musk has been using his social media platform X to support Mr Trump’s Cabinet selections and promote his preferred candidates. A Reuters review found that Mr Musk, who has more than 206 million followers on X, posted or reposted about Mr Trump’s Cabinet selections more than 70 times between November 7 and November 20. Amid his frequent posting of memes of himself and Mr Trump, the ex-boss has even adopted a title suggested for his role: “First Buddy”.