Elon Musk’s shocking troll of Trump’s $500 billion Stargate AI announcement: Live updates

Elon Musk has poured cold water on the $500 billion investment in Artifical Intelligence celebrated by Donald Trump at the White House in a shock sign of a rift.

The tech billionaire appeared to troll the Stargate announcement that included a cash injection from Japanese investment company Softbank and plans to build data centers across the U.S.

‘They don’t actually have the money,’ Musk posted on X in response to a press release from Open AI announcing the funding.

Open AI CEO Sam Altman then sniped back at the Tesla billionaire, saying he was ‘wrong’ and offering him a chance to visit one of the facilities already set up.

It’s one of the first signs of a fracture between Musk and Trump, who have been virtually inseparable since the president’s election win in November.

Trump is in his second full day in the White House, and is already reshaping the federal government with a flurry of executive orders and by complete dismantling diversity, inclusion and equity programs.

Overnight, he demanded Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde apologize for her ‘nasty’ remarks on ‘mercy’ at the National Prayer Service on Tuesday.

Follow all the updates at DailyMail.com’s live blog. 

Billionaires at war as OpenAI’s Sam Altman claps back at Elon Musk

OpenAI’s Sam Altman fired back a comment at Elon Musk on Wednesday after the tech billionaire ridiculed a new deal announced by President Donald Trump.

Musk dismissed Altman’s promise to invest up to $100 billion on infrastructure to develop artificial intelligence, noting that ‘they don’t actually have the money.’

‘Wrong, as you surely know,’ Altman replied. ‘Want to come visit the first site already under way?’

Altman and other tech investment companies announced Tuesday they would invest nearly $500 billion into data centers in the United States.

Altman urged Musk to think about the national interests at stake.

‘This is great for the country,’ he said. ‘I realize what is great for the country isn’t always what’s optimal for your companies, but in your new role I hope you’ll mostly put America first.’

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Shutterstock (15112144k) United States President Donald Trump gives remarks on AI Infrastructure as Larry Ellison, Chief technology officer of Oracle, Junichi Miyakawa, CEO of SoftBank Corp, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI look on in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington DC,. President Trump is expected to announce a $500 billion AI infrastructure investment in the US. Trump Delivers Remarks on AI Infrastructure, Washington, District of Columbia, USA - 21 Jan 2025

Elon Musk snipes at Trump’s multibillion-dollar AI ‘Stargate’ investment

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Billionaire Elon Musk sniped at President Donald Trump’s announcement Wednesday that several technology companies would invest nearly $500 billion into data center infrastructure.

Trump announced that OpenAI, Oracle and MGX, plus Japanese investment company SoftBank would invest nearly $500 billion in building data centers in the United States.

‘They don’t actually have the money,’ Musk said on X, after OpenAI highlighted the announcement on X.

‘SoftBank has well under $10B secured. I have that on good authority,’ Musk added.

Musk’s derision of OpenAI stems from his dispute over the OpenAI company’s Sam Altman.

Altman and Musk were once friends and business partners, creating OpenAI as a nonprofit organization to develop Artificial Intelligence.

OpenAI carved out an entity within the nonprofit allowing corporate investors to raise capital for the project known as ChatGPT which took an early lead in the AI race.

Musk sued OpenAI and Atlman for violating their charter, after it was clear that they were able to get a head start in the competitive field.

Musk has launched his own artificial intelligence company to compete xAI. Google has also made significant gains with Gemini, their AI program.

Elon Musk, right, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai arrive before the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump floats that Biden should have pardoned himself

By Nikki Schwab, Chief Campaign Correspondent

President Donald Trump floated Wednesday that President Joe Biden should have pardoned himself.

And you know what the funny thing, maybe the sad thing is – he didn’t give himself a pardon. And you look at it, it all had to do with him.

Trump was asked by Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity about the slew of pardons Biden issues on Monday, including to his siblings and their spouses.

It came after Biden’s controversial pardon of Hunter.

For months, the Democrat said he wouldn’t pardon his only living son, who was in trouble with the Justice Department for gun and tax crimes.

While Trump pardoned a number of his political allies on the way out the door in January 2021, he claimed that he was against preemptive or blanket pardons.

I was given the option, they said sir would you like to pardon everybody, including yourself. I said I’m not going to pardon anybody, we didn’t do anything wrong.

Trump talks about entering his ‘historically bigger’ second term in first Hannity interview clip

By Nikki Schwab, Chief Campaign Correspondent

President Donald Trump touted his ‘historically bigger’ second term during the first Oval Office sit-down since inauguration.

Trump was interviewed by Fox News’ Sean Hannity, who asked him how it felt to walk back into the White House four years later.

Well, it was a lot of work, and, as you know, I felt we shouldn’t have had – necessarily be here, could have been done, a lot of work – it would have been over, and we wouldn’t have inflation, or the Afghanistan disaster. Wouldn’t have had October 7, with Israel. When so many people were killed. You wouldn’t have a Ukraine war going on, but with all that being said I think it’s bigger. It’s bigger than if it were more traditional. Well they say it’s historically bigger. I don’t know about that.

Trump said it was also proof that the ‘radical left, their philosophies and policies are horrible.’

Trump is the second person to ever hold non-consecutive terms. The first was President Grover Cleveland.

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

A drone view shows the area where members of the Mexican Navy and municipal employees work to build a temporary shelter to prepare for possible mass deportations from the U.S., in Matamoros, Mexico, January 22, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

The Mexican government is erecting a temporary shelter near the very southern tip of the border with Texas in Matamoros, Mexico.

The shelter is being set up by members of the Mexican Navy and municipal employees on Tuesday.

It comes as the southern U.S. neighbors prepare for the potential of mass deportations now that Donald Trump is back in the White House.

Members of the Mexican Navy work to build a temporary shelter to prepare for possible mass deportations from the U.S., in Matamoros, Mexico, January 22, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril
Members of the Mexican Navy work to build a temporary shelter to prepare for possible mass deportations from the U.S., in Matamoros, Mexico, January 22, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

Outrage and confusion as thousands of refugees stranded after Trump cancels flights

Outrage is brewing after Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending the arrival of refugees, which could impact U.S. partners who risked their lives in Afghanistan.

This week, Trump signed the order suspending the Refugee Admission Program, effectively stranding refugees who had flights booked to the U.S.

Trump said that due to the country being ‘inundated with record levels of migration’ the order is necessary to ‘manage the burden’ of more migrant arrivals.

According to the order, the U.S. ‘lacks the ability to absorb large numbers of migrants’ in a manner that won’t compromise resources for Americans and that ‘protects their safety and security, and that ensures the appropriate assimilation of refugees.’

The move immediately paused all refugee processing, leaving tens of thousands of Afghan refugees who have already been vetted with uncertain futures including individuals still in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Qatar.

DailyMail.com obtained a memo sent from the State Department to U.S. partners saying that the suspension of flights takes place immediately, five days earlier than outlined in the executive order.

There was immediate confusion among the U.S. partners the memo was directed toward.

Lawmakers also lamented they don’t have many details and are concerned that it could impact Afghan allies.

When asked about the concerns over Afghan refugees being in limbo, Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), who has worked on legislation to support Afghans who aided the U.S., said he would make calls, but DailyMail.com was the first to bring the issue to his attention.

Sean Hannity says his interview with Trump is ‘amazing’

By Emily Goodin, senior White House correspondent

Sean Hannity walked through the White House press briefing room on Wednesday afternoon. His interview with President Trump is airing tonight on Fox News.

He said it was “amazing.”

Hannity said of the president: “He is focused and he’s happy and he has a big agenda. He’s dialed in.”

More troops head to the southern border

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

Thousands of active duty troops are being ordered south to carry out Donald Trump’s directive to have the military help with securing the border between the U.S. and Mexico.

And even more forces are expected to be deployed to the southern border in coming weeks and months, according to a CNN report.

Trump signed an executive order on Monday ordering troops to respond to the crisis and clarified their task at the border.

There are already approximately 2,200 active duty troops at the border assisting Customs andBorder Protection as part of Joint Task Force-North, US Northern Command’s border mission based out of El Paso, Texas.

They perform logistics and bureaucratic tasks such as data entry, detection, monitoring and vehicle maintenance.

It is not yet clear which additional units are being ordered to the border or what their role will be.

Migrants rest on a sports court before leaving in a caravan bound for the northern border with the U.S., in Huixtla, Chiapas state, Mexico January 21, 2025 REUTERS/Raquel Cunha

Trump sends ominous threat to Putin unless he ‘ends this ridiculous war’ with Ukraine now

President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned Vladimir Putin that he faces taxes, tariffs and sanctions if Russia did not sign up to a deal to end the war in Ukraine.

He delivered the threat on his Truth Social platform.

‘If we don’t make a “deal,” and soon, I have no other choice but to put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States, and various other participating countries,’ Trump posted with his usual mix of idiosyncratic capitalization.

‘Let’s get this war, which never would have started if I were President, over with!’

Trump frequently claimed he would end the war in Ukraine in his first 24 hours at the White House.

AOC suggests Elon Musk get deported for ‘Nazi salute’

Supporters of President Donald Trump ridiculed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for suggesting that Elon Musk get deported for making a gesture during a Trump rally that she interpreted as a ‘Nazi salute.’

Trump threatens Russian tariffs and sanctions if it does not end war with Ukraine

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

Donald Trump insists he has no interest in ‘hurting’ Russia as he demanded Moscow end its war with Ukraine or else be faced with economic backlash.

The president said during his 2024 campaign that if he were reelected in 2020, the war would have never started in the first place – and he has repeatedly slammed the Biden administration for its generous aid package for Kyiv.

‘I’m not looking to hurt Russia. I love the Russian people, and always had a very good relationship with President Putin,’ Trump posted to Truth Social on Wednesday.

He then threatened to impose tariffs, taxes and sanctions on Russia if he can’t strike a deal with President Vladimir Putin.

Who is Mariann Budde? Washington Bishop who shockingly confronted Trump at National Cathedral prayer service

An Episcopalian bishop who tried to lecture President Trump on his first full day in office has a history of attacking the commander-in-chief.

Mariann Budde caused a stir inside the Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday as Trump attended the National Prayer Service.

Budde, 65, made comments concerning LGBTQ people and undocumented migrants during the service, seemingly taking a jab at Trump and his policies.

The bishop, who proudly puts her pronouns in her Instagram biography, is also pro-gay marriage and previously donated to the presidential campaign of Barack Obama.

In a piece with the Washington Post in 2011, after being installed as the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, she was described as ‘unapologetically liberal’.

Speaking then, she told the outlet: ‘I’m in favor of gay marriage, always have been. At this point it’s a no-brainer.’

Bishop Mariann Budde responds to Trump’s demand for an apology over church scolding

The Bishop of Washington has responded to Donald Trump calling her ‘nasty’ and ‘not smart’ after she encouraged him to show mercy to LGBTQ+ people and illegal migrants.

The Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budd said she wanted to ‘counter the narrative that is so divisive and polarizing in which people are being harmed’ during an appearance on The View.

Speaker Mike Johnson says House GOP will look into Joe Biden’s last-second pardons

Jon Michael Raasch, U.S. Political Reporter on Capitol Hill

Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday morning at the House GOP conference that Joe Biden’s last-minute pardons of his family will be looked into.

‘It is disgusting to us,’ the top Republican said of the pardons for Joe Biden’s immediate family members.

‘It probably proves the point, the suspicion that, you know, they call it the Biden crime family, if they weren’t the crime family, why do they need pardons?’

‘There’s a lot of attention that’s going to be paid to this, and I think that is appropriate, and we will be looking at it as well,’ he continued.

GOP lawmakers slam ‘extreme’ bishop for lecturing Trump

Jon Michael Raasch, U.S. Political Reporter on Capitol Hill

House GOP Conference Chair Lisa McClain ripped the D.C. bishop who preached of immigrants and LGBT people frightened of Trump.

‘Yesterday at the National Prayer service, the bishop was extreme in her views, extremely out of line and out of touch,’ McClain said blasting the episcopal bishop.

‘What she did was uncalled for,’ the Michigan Republican said. ‘Perhaps we should pray for her.’

During the remarks, Bishop Mariann Budde noted in a sermon before the president that the groups were afraid of the Republican’s words.

She later admitted that she used a National Prayer Service to speak with Trump in a ‘one on one conversation.’

JD Vance’s first time visiting the Oval Office… ever

Vice President JD Vance had never visited the Oval Office until yesterday, Speaker Mike Johnson revealed on social media.

Johnson posted a video of the moment that the vice president entered the Oval Office with U.S. leaders, commenting on his story.

‘Only in America can a hardworking young man from Appalachia rise from his humble circumstances to enter the Oval for the first time as VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,’ Jonnson marveled. ‘What a country!’

Trump continues purge by dismantling DEI from the FAA

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

President Donald Trump is dismantling his predecessor’s policies prioritizing diversity, equity and inclusion hiring at the Federal Aviation Administration.

He says the DEI order prioritizes ‘safety and efficiency’ within the agency responsible for U.S. air travel, rather than focusing on practices that promote hiring based on diversifying the workforce.

This executive order is a continuation of Trump’s purge of government workers hired under what he claims are ‘discriminatory’ practices.

On Tuesday, heads of all government agencies received a letter directing them to terminate all DEI hires by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Thousands are now preparing to leave their jobs at the end of the day and not return on Thursday.

‘We will forge a society that is colorblind and merit-based,’ Trump said in his inaugural address in the Capitol Rotunda on Monday.

Trump says he’s open to Elon Musk buying TikTok and negotiates a deal with billionaire Larry Ellison in front of the press

President Donald Trump, on his first full day in office, said he was interested in the idea that the world’s richest man Elon Musk could buy TikTok to stop it going dark in the United States.

Trump is opposed to allowing a law to go into effect banning the popular video sharing app because it is owned by a Chinese company.

On Tuesday, he was asked whether he was open to his close ally Musk purchasing the app.

‘I would be if he wanted to buy it, yes,’ Trump said at the end of an event launching a AI partnership between three companies, including Larry Ellison’s Oracle.

‘I’d like Larry to buy it, too,’ he added.

Trump has already signed an executive order in an effort to delay TikTok being shut down.

Trump obliterates DEI with new demand to place every federal diversity program employee on paid leave by 5 pm Wednesday

Donald Trump quickly made good on his pledge to sever diversity, equity and inclusion policies in the federal government as he is set to lay off all DEI hires within 24 hours.

The new Trump administration sent a letter to all heads and acting heads of government agencies on Tuesday, informing them all federal employees in DEI roles must be placed on paid leave by 5 pm Wednesday.

All DEI offices in federal agencies are also being shuttered in the move, which comes after Trump signed an anti-DEI executive order in front of a cheering crowd at his inauguration on Monday.

In a letter first obtained by CBS News, the agencies were ordered to ‘take prompt actions’ against all departments ‘focusing exclusively on DEI initiatives and programs.’

The letter also demands all public DEI focused webpages be taken offline, and orders employees within the departments to report ‘any efforts to disguise these programs by using coded or imprecise language.’

Woke bishop admits to using inauguration sermon to deliver political lecture to President Trump

Woke Bishop Mariann Budde admitted that she used a National Prayer Service to berate President Trump with a political lecture during what she described as a ‘one on one conversation.’

Budde – who went viral after rebuking Trump at Tuesday’s inaugural sermon – said she gave the controversial speech because she believed Trump portrayed transgender children and illegal immigrants ‘in the harshest of lights.’

The left-wing Episcopal bishop of Washington told CNN that she was indeed ‘talking directly’ to Trump in her sermon.

‘(I was) reminding us all that the people that are frightened in our country, the two groups that I mentioned, are our fellow human beings, and that they have been portrayed all throughout the political campaign in the harshest of lights,’ she said.

‘I wanted to counter, as gently as I could, with a reminder of their humanity and their place in our wider community.

Donald Trump gives brutally honest assessment of Mariann Budde’s sermon and makes bold demands for ‘woke’ bishop

Donald Trump issued a scathing rebuke to the woke bishop who berated him at the National Prayer Service, slamming her as ‘not compelling or smart’ and demanding an apology to the public.

The President slammed Episcopal Bishop of Washington Mariann Budde in a 1am post to his Truth Social platform, hours after she admitted to CNN that she used the religious event to deliver a political lecture.

‘The so-called Bishop who spoke at the National Prayer Service on Tuesday morning was a Radical Left hard line Trump hater,’ he railed.

‘She brought her church into the World of politics in a very ungracious way. She was nasty in tone, and not compelling or smart.’

After Budde used her sermon to beg Trump for ‘mercy’ towards transgender children and illegal immigrants, Trump said her argument ignored reality.

‘She failed to mention the large number of illegal migrants that came into our Country and killed people,’ he went on. ‘Many were deposited from jails and mental institutions. It is a giant crime wave that is taking place in the USA.



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