The latest on Musk's favorability ratingUpdated August 10, 2025Elon Musk has taken a major step back from politics, at least publicly. He left DOGE months ago and while he hasn't patched things up with Donald Trump yet, it's been awhile since they've openly feuded. A look at Musk's X feed would tell you the same thing.
A look at Musk's X feed would tell you the same thing. At the moment, it's mostly about image generation with Grok, the large language model developed by xAI. Musk's popularity problems started when he entered politics, so his exit should help reverse that trend, right.
Musk's popularity problems started when he entered politics, so his exit should help reverse that trend, right. Wrong, at least for now. When Musk left the White House, his net approval rating was -15.