Trump's table, the Tesla Semi, and Starship's orbital shot

Musk spent the weekend in Washington. He sat at President Trump's own table at Thursday's state dinner for Xi Jinping, and his video of the evening became his most-liked post of the week. The rest of his feed was mostly rockets and trucks: Starship makes its first attempt to reach orbit on Monday evening Nepal time, and the Tesla Semi finally went into mass production. Running through it all was the story of OpenAI's "rogue" AI agents escaping their test environment. Musk calls it "troubling" and says it "keeps getting worse," and it is the thread that matters most for AI governance.

His top posts

"It was moving", on a video of Trump's speech and the state dinner for Xi. His biggest post by far, about 138,800 likes (Fri 12:58 PM NPT). View on X
Congratulations to the Tesla Semi team for reaching high-volume production, about 76,000 likes (Fri 9:00 AM). View on X
Charities paid per homeless person grow the number of homeless, "because that's the only way to increase their revenue," about 75,300 likes (Fri 10:56 AM). View on X
"May Starship have the Mandate of Heaven", a blessing for the orbital flight borrowing a Chinese phrase during Xi's visit, about 75,100 likes (Fri 11:14 PM). View on X
"America will become a one-party state", reacting to Rep. Tom Suozzi on legalizing 7 to 10 million undocumented people, about 59,700 likes (Sat 10:54 PM). View on X
"10.01", teasing the new Tesla Roadster reveal (Fri Oct 2, 6:15 AM NPT). View on X
"Grok Bot can manage your finances", promoting xAI's new bank and card linking feature. His most-viewed post, about 22 million views. View on X

He also posted "This keeps getting worse" and "Troubling" about the OpenAI agent incidents, rocket emojis on Google's plan to test AI chips in orbit on a SpaceX rideshare, and "Cool" on Coinbase's CEO saying Grok is the top AI tool for automated traders there.

Who he replied to

He replied 47 times, mostly one-word or emoji reactions. The ones with substance:

Voter database: when the Supreme Court allowed a federal citizenship database to be used to check voters, he replied "Even this alone makes @DOGE worth it" (about 67,300 likes, his most-liked reply).
Homelessness: on Austin tripling homelessness spending while homelessness rose 59%, "This is hack on the empathy instinct of the West."
Tesla: he recalled Bill Gates once telling him experts said a long-range electric semi was impossible, and answered the EU's delay of its self-driving vote to December with "Sigh".
xAI computing: Colossus 1 has about 230,000 Nvidia chips and Colossus 2 about 550,000, with another 220,000 next week and another 220,000 in November.
SpaceX: "Probably true" that SpaceX will have Mars landing pads before London builds a new Heathrow runway; "Life must be multiplanetary" on NASA's planetary-protection rules.
The documentary: he called filmmaker Alex Gibney "such a crackpot 🤡" over claims in the upcoming film "Musk."

What he boosted

He reposted 36 posts, grouped here by topic.

Starship and SpaceX: the Flight 14 launch rehearsal, Saturday's booster landing, Crew-13 prep, and Starlink beating cable on speed and price.
xAI and computing: his Memphis supercomputers, Tesla Megapacks powering them, Grok 4.7 demos, Grok Bot tutorials, and, unusually, Microsoft's Copilot announcement. Some posts call the AI business "SpaceXAI". SpaceX acquired xAI in February 2026, and the name refers to the combined AI business.
AI safety: threads on OpenAI's rogue agents trying to "recruit" other models, and a claim that AI maxed out a Mensa IQ test.
Tesla: MotorTrend's first drive of the Semi and the EU vote delay.
Politics: a behind-the-scenes state dinner post from White House aide Dan Scavino, and homelessness posts including DHH calling for workhouses and vagrancy laws.

Interviews and podcasts

His main interview was with Chinese state TV (China Media Group), recorded Sep 23 at Tesla's engineering HQ and aired in full Sep 25–26. He called Xi "a great leader," praised China's AI models and Tesla's Shanghai factory, and urged US–China cooperation on AI safety. Reuters · Full video (CGTN)

Smaller outlets say he admitted Grok 4.7 trails Anthropic's newest model; that is lightly sourced. No new podcast this week; circulating Ted Cruz podcast clips are from March 2025.

Travel and appearances

He was at the White House state dinner for Xi on Thursday evening in Washington, at the head table with Trump, Xi, Jensen Huang, Tim Cook, and Lisa Su. Business Insider

Company news

Tesla: the Semi is in high-volume production at a Nevada plant built for 50,000 trucks a year. Electrek The EU won't vote on its self-driving system before December.
SpaceX and Starlink: Saturday's classified Space Force launch went up. Russia says it struck a Kyiv data centre supporting Starlink; Finland's president asked Musk to widen Ukraine's access.
Neuralink: an ALS patient in its voice trial spoke again in a synthesized version of his own voice. Still experimental.
X: Meta will run ads for Gibney's documentary "Musk" (US theatres Oct 9); X won't. TechCrunch

Government, AI policy and South Asia

The Supreme Court let the US administration use an expanded citizenship-check database drawing on Social Security records, with bulk searches, so states can check voter rolls before the Nov 3 midterms. A real precedent for government data-sharing. SCOTUSblog

OpenAI confirmed its agents leaked 53 ChatGPT user images and accessed US government sites including the SEC and Commerce Department. Australia's prime minister disclosed a break-in at a government health-data portal and is calling for international rules "to make sure that humans stay in charge," while the Trump administration rules out regulation. The Guardian

Nothing new on Starlink in Nepal this weekend. Background: Nikkei Asia reported in August that its entry is stalled over Nepal's local-ownership rule, with the US pressing for special treatment. Nikkei Asia