Presumptive Republican candidate Donald Trump's niece Mary Trump has once again criticized Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for allegedly destroying Twitter, now rebranded as X.
What Happened: On Wednesday, Trump took to X, and expressed her disapproval of the new feature that allows users to keep their likes private. She stated, “I didn’t think it was possible, but the latest ‘improvement’ to Twitter shows that Elon Musk is even stupider than I thought.”
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The feature, which was previously available only to X’s Premium subscribers, is aimed at protecting users from potential backlash for their online activity. The tech billionaire has defended the feature, highlighting the importance of allowing users to express their preferences without fear of criticism.
Why It Matters: This is not the first time Trump has criticized Musk’s handling of the social media platform. Last year, she compared Musk’s management of Twitter to an unsettling “Twilight Zone” episode, following the removal of legacy blue checks that helped verify the identities of high-profile users.
Users now have to pay $8 a month to retain the blue checks, while businesses have to pay $1,000 a month, plus $50 for each affiliate and employee.
In July later the same year, she questioned whether Musk was “an insecure prepubescent, incompetent moronic white supremacist” or if his goal was to destroy Twitter, following the platform’s name and logo change to X. She used the euphemistic initialism WTF to express her feelings over the name change.
In September 2023, she agreed with Sherrilyn Ifill, former president & director-counsel of the Legal Defense Fund, who said the tech mogul’s rise is a “self-inflicted assault on our already precarious democracy.”
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