If he’s not blowing up rockets, or decimating government agencies, or fathering another little mini-me, it seems that Elon Musk’s favorite pastime these days is fighting with White House personnel.

Being Musk, of course he started at the top of the pyramid, engaging in a little name-calling with Donald Trump before finally apologizing (sort of), when he admitted he had probably gone “too far.”

But he now blames that falling-out on Sergio Gor, head of the White House Presidential Personnel Office, whom he has called a “snake,” and accused of failing to submit the required form for his permanent security clearance. He also has called Gor out for nixing Musk’s recommended choice to head NASA out of spite aimed, not at the nominee, but at Musk himself.

It seems as though everyone in the White House wants to be daddy’s favorite. But, unlike an actual family feud, these internecine scuffles at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue make international headlines. And they usually spread faster than the latest strain of COVID.

Today Musk said that Gor committed a federal crime when “He deliberately lied about where he was born on Federal forms. That’s a serious crime.” [Farrah Tomazin, Daily Beast, June 20, 2025.]

It’s also a serious accusation. I don’t know where Musk got his information, but his isn’t the only mention of Gor’s questionable origins. It has been said that his real name is Sergey Goryachov (or possibly Gorokhovsky) of Saratov, Russia — though these allegations do not appear to be from the most reliable sources.

Without verification, of course, these rumors remain just that: rumors. But in light of the access and authority granted Gor by his position in the White House, perhaps they bear further investigation to determine whether he has indeed lied about his background.

After all, people are being deported for far less.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
6/20/25