Posted on 07/01/2025 9:22:16 PM PDT by RandFan
President Donald Trump indicated Tuesday morning that he is open to deporting Elon Musk — amid his renewed battle with the Tesla boss.
Speaking with reporters ahead of a flight to Florida on Tuesday, the president was asked about whether he would consider deporting the South African mogul.
“We’ll have to take a look,” Trump said. “We might have to put DOGE on Elon. You know what DOGE is? DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon! Wouldn’t that be terrible?”
After a brief detente between the president and his former DOGE lieutenant, the war of words has ratcheted up again over the past 24 hours — with Musk revving up his criticism of the Trump-backed “Big, Beautiful” budget bill. Musk, in a Monday post on X, denounced the legislation and floated the idea of forming a new political party.
“It is obvious with the insane spending of this bill, which increases the debt ceiling by a record FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS that we live in a one-party country – the PORKY PIG PARTY!!” Musk wrote. “Time for a new political party that actually cares about the people.”
(Excerpt) Read more at mediaite.com ...
Trump is being particularly nasty and foolish with the deportation threat. Musk is a naturalized citizen ... Like his first wife Ivana ... Like his current wife Melania. Would he like Melania to live under such a threat? He won’t be president forever. He shouldn’t go there.
I wish these two would make up, but if he hasn’t gone after Hillary or Soros yet, he’s got no business going after Elon.
This whole Trump / Musk Feud is foolish and juvenile..
Like two bulls fighting in a field, and not even over who gets to mount the cutest cows or who get the nicest patch of grass to eat.
At least Musk has backed off a couple of times, and tried to calm things down. But Trump seemingly can’t ever forgive or forget a slight, real or imagined.
You can’t deport a US Citizen...
I hate this is flaring up again - I thought this was over.
But the public was never privy to them. These spats and arguments were always kept behind closed doors, as befits a society which placed value on propriety and recognized and respected public versus private domains.
The difference now is that these distinctions and walls have been broken down and we have become eavesdroppers and peeping Toms where dirty laundry has great value, is aired in public, and seen as somehow an entitlement by the masses.
To the point where everything public figures say and do to and with one another is mega-phoned in the public square by a media which is totally corrupted, irresponsible, and hell-bent on the politics of the personal and the allure of the sensational.
Trump isn't childish. Neither is Musk.
We, the public are.
We have become addicted to, and consumers of, titillation and smut.
Hends of state and CEO's and the media are feeding us just what we stupidly ask for and demand.
You can’t have a 3rd party be successful when its primary selling point is that it’s not the other two main parties.
Look at Libertarians, the always have this delusional belief they are so popular and powerful. It is not true in the least, as is demonstrated the positions they are not elected to fill.
Elon doesn’t even have a platform to form another 3rd party on. He’s delusional too.
He let his support for helping with the election go to his head.
And who will be the leader of this new party that’s going to save us from Trump?
Oh, yeah, of course.
Elon Musk.
It's a strong possibility. It was Perot who gave us Clinton
...with a lot of help from George H. W. "Read My Lips" Bush.
America is just too big for a multi party system (geographically). It’s peculiar but I don’t see it changing
Elon risked his fortune, his life and his reputation to expose $ Trillions of fraud on the MAGA project, the Trump said “just kidding.” Trump is being pragmatic since Washington is filled with crooks in both parties. But Musk rightly feels betrayed.
Yep.
Kabuki theater.
Keep everyone off balance, baffled and guessing.
Play one side against the other.
Therein lies power.
I always thought that these guys are crazy. Apparently I am not too far off.
Yet he gets re-elected by his constituents. If his constituents feel as he does, that he's doing the right thing, then that is what really matters.
I don’t buy it.
We shall see...
Except when it comes to electric cars, rockets, satellite internet, ...
I don’t like this feud at all. They’re both right. The debt is insane. You don’t get to pass bills without compromise.
A 3rd party isn’t the answer.
47 again willing to destroy the entire successful civilian space program for vengeance. Petty.
“A lot of people..”
That’s your argument?
All of Trump’s relationships end this way.
Sense of humor lacking? Must be a Demonrat.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.