Saad bin Atif al-Awlaki is from the al-Awaliq tribe of the al-Shubah area of Shabwa province in Yemen. He became the leader of AQAP in 2024, when the organisation's former leader, Khalid al-Batarfi ,died. Earlier, Saad was part of AQAP's Shura Council and was involved in planning attacks.
Musk and Gor disliked each other even before Trump returned to office. Musk is said to have referred to Gor as “sleazy” during the transition and criticised his hiring delays.
On Wednesday (4th June), Elon Musk fired off a tweet labelling Trump's ambitious Big Beautiful Act as 'outrageous, pork filled Congressional spending bill.'