Elon Musk, a former DOGE chief, criticized Sergio Gor, a prominent Trump adviser, calling him a “snake.”
Musk expressed his views on Gor on his social media platform X, responding to a New York Post story that highlighted Gor’s role in Musk’s split from Donald Trump.
The story reported that Gor, who currently serves as the director of the White House personnel office, has not undergone proper vetting.
Musk’s criticism underscores the ongoing tensions between Musk and Trump.
According to the Post, Gor, who is currently presiding over the screening process for thousands of White House staffers, has not submitted the necessary paperwork to obtain a permanent security clearance.
However, the White House maintains that Gor has an active security clearance and is fully compliant with the necessary requirements.
White House counsel David Warrington clarified that Mr. Gor is fully compliant with all applicable ethical and legal obligations and that his security clearance is active. He emphasized that any insinuation to the contrary is false.
Vice President JD Vance also stood by Gor, praising his efforts to ensure that committed and principled America First advocates staff the President’s government. He further added that Gor has done a great job and will continue to do so.
Tensions between Musk and Gor had been simmering for some time. After a March Cabinet meeting where Musk clashed with other Cabinet members over cuts to their agencies, Musk refused to work with Gor. This incident prompted Trump to clarify that agency heads had authority over their departments, not DOGE’s Musk.
The situation escalated when Gor helped facilitate the termination of Jared Isaacman’s nomination for NASA head, a pick that Musk had supported.
The decision to pull Isaacman’s nomination appeared to be the final straw for Musk, leading him to launch a social media spree attacking the president and the “Big Beautiful Bill” he was attempting to push through Congress.
At the time, Trump pointed to his choice to pull Isaacman’s nomination as a motivating factor in Musk’s decision to lash out against him.
