A viral audio clip allegedly capturing Elon Musk crying to President Donald Trump about Tesla’s decline has been widely shared online. The conversation, in which Musk reportedly says “Tesla is going down,” has been presented as a leaked Oval Office recording. However, no credible news outlet has verified the clip, and AI analysis tools indicate with high confidence that the audio is artificially generated.
The clip originated on TikTok before spreading to X, Instagram, and YouTube. It lacks verifiable context, and both Trump’s and Musk’s teams have not confirmed any such exchange took place. Experts and detection software suggest the voices were deepfakes — a growing trend in misinformation.
Given the absence of any legitimate sources and strong evidence of AI manipulation, the claim that Musk sobbed to Trump about Tesla is baseless and misleading.
