Tesla CEO Elon Musk hit out at President Joe Biden on Monday, calling his administration ineffectual while comparing him to Will Ferrell’s character Ron Burgundy in “Anchorman.”
Musk, who indicated he may pull out of his $44 billion takeover of Twitter, also said that if Biden doesn’t address the spiraling rate of inflation, the United States is at risk of ending up like Venezuela.
“The real president is whoever controls the teleprompter,” Musk told a podcast on Monday during the All-In Summit. “The path to power is the path to the teleprompter.”
He added: “I do feel like if somebody were to accidentally lean on the teleprompter, it’s going to be like ‘Anchorman.’”
The plot of “Anchorman” revolves around the protagonist, Burgundy, a television news anchor who will read anything that is put on a teleprompter, even at the risk of destroying his career.
Musk, who said he has repeatedly voted for Democrats, criticized the Biden administration for not getting things done.
“This administration doesn’t seem to get a lot done,” Musk said.
“The Trump administration, leaving Trump aside, there were a lot of people in the administration who were effective at getting things done.”
Musk also said that the Democratic Party is “overly controlled by the unions and by the trial lawyers, particularly class-action lawyers.”
He said that when Democrats act against “the interests of the people,” it is at the behest of unions and trial lawyers, while Republicans do so because of “corporate evil and religious zealotry.”
Musk says Biden is being held captive by the unions — unlike Barack Obama, who was “quite reasonable,” according to the tech magnate.
“In the case of Biden, he is simply too much captured by the unions, which was not the case with Obama,” Musk said.
Musk also agreed with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos that the administration’s policies have led to out-of-control inflation.
