Keeping up with your new mentor...: Vinod Khosla hits back at Elon Musk after ‘no plebs allowed’ signboard controversy

Indian-American venture capitalist Vinod Khosla took a swipe at Tesla boss Elon Musk after  Musk called out  Khosla for not allowing "plebs" on a public beach near his home. This was the latest instance when the two engaged in a war of words on Sunday.

In a post on X, Khosla wrote,"Keeping up with your new mentor @realDonaldTrump in tweeting fictional photographs or atleast not one I have ever seen. There has NEVER been a dispute on access to the beach (which is public ), just accessing it thru private property. Every court ruling and appeal of the Friends of Martin's Beach lawsuit we have won that reasserted acess thru private property is not legal. Separately the commies at California Coastal Commission want us to apply for a permit to close an old paid parking business and yet they have not permitted us to apply for this closure. Get details before you tweet nonsense."

Earlier in a post on X, Elon Musk wrote, "Wow, so crazy that @vkhosla put this sign on a public beach." He also added a picture of the sign board that reads "no plebs allowed".

In July this year both Elon Musk and Vinod Khosla had an arguement over Donald Trump's candidature for US presidency. In a post on X, Khosla wrote,"Hard for me to support someone with no values, lies, cheats, rapes, demeans women, hates immigrants like me. He may cut my taxes or reduce some regulation but that is no reason to accept depravity in his personal values. Do you want President who will set back climate by a decade in his first year? Do you want his example for your kids as values?"

Replying to his post, Musk said Trump "doesn’t hate you. In fact, I think he likes you. Meet him and find out for yourself".The Tesla and SpaceX CEO said he is not suggesting that Trump is without flaws, however, there should be an administration that is more likely to be meritocratic and promote individual freedoms over the heavy hand of government.