Karp's comments on CNBC included an endorsement of Musk, stating, "I like Elon. He's obviously the most important builder in the world." Karp emphasized that the legitimacy of institutions is a critical issue facing modern society, and approved of the goals of the Department of Government Efficiency, an administration with significant ties to Musk.

It's like, there's this one issue where I might, and then you get boxed into, you cannot solve the problem. And then I would say, what is the biggest problem in this society? Biggest problem in this society from my perspective is legitimacy of our institutions.