Posted on 06/05/2025 12:13:24 PM PDT by Miami Rebel
President Donald Trump on Thursday lashed out at Elon Musk as their feud rapidly ramped up, calling him “CRAZY” and suggesting that he may terminate the Tesla CEO’s government contracts.
Trump in a bitter Truth Social post wrote that Musk was “wearing thin” by the end of his tenure leading the president’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.
“I asked him to leave,” Trump claimed.
The angry swipe came after Musk blasted the president amid an escalating clash that stemmed from the mega-billionaire’s vocal opposition to Trump’s massive tax-cut bill.
Trump earlier Thursday said Musk was “upset” that the budget package cuts electric vehicle credits.
“I took away his EV Mandate that forced everyone to buy Electric Cars that nobody else wanted (that he knew for months I was going to do!), and he just went CRAZY!” Trump wrote in the post.
Musk has aggressively trashed the bill on the grounds that it will add trillions of dollars to the nation’s deficits. He is actively urging Senate Republicans to “kill the bill,” which comprises a huge swath of Trump’s domestic agenda.
The president wrote in a second Truth Social post, “The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn’t do it!”
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By the way, in an earlier post I mistakenly said that Musk had funded President Trump's 2024 campaign with $120 million. I was wrong. It was $238.5 million.
Good Lord, this is a terrible look for both of them. What is the matter with them?
Trump being petty? Shocking.
So Trump is going full Joe Biden? What is wrong with him?
Looks like Musk must distance himself from President Trump to reposition himself in the public eye as being independent of politics.
If I were to guess President Trump gave him the go ahead and has his cooperation.
The deep state has long tentacles in corporate America and Musk must re enter the corporate swamp being able to stay afloat.
Here we go. Again. Trump burns bridges and poisons the well faster than anyone I’ve seen.
Weirdly, this is the most likely explanation.
“By the way, in an earlier post I mistakenly said that Musk had funded President Trump’s 2024 campaign with $120 million. I was wrong. It was $238.5 million.”
It was purely a business investment. Same with Dodge...
This is CNBC, are we sure they did not take his words out of context?
“ Looks like Musk must distance himself from President Trump to reposition himself in the public eye as being independent of politics.”
I actually had the same thought, myself. It’s the only thing that adequately explains the immediate and complete turnaround of the public relationship. Who knows…..right?
Haha! The pearl clutchers show up on cue... This is hysterical.
In my wildest fantasy this is all a cover to hide that Elon is now going through Dennis Montgomery’s terabytes of evidence of the 2008 coup.
“If I were to guess President Trump gave him the go ahead and has his cooperation.”
Where in the public life of President Trump has there been a precedent for him to have encouraged someone to attack so as to fool the public?
this is not 3d or 4d or any degree of chess
this is two men with strong egos that are lashing out and the market is taking a beating. TSLA down over 50 bucks right now.
they dont have the sense to keep this private and now they have to one up each other
“This is CNBC, are we sure they did not take his words out of context?”
Google “musk trump cancel contracts” and read the results.
SpaceX is the only game in town. Is he going to hand space contracts to Boeing? GROW UP!
I put on a small short of TSLA @ $312. I covered @ $290.
I’m already grown up, but it was President Trump, not me, who said cutting Musk’s contracts would save money.
This is so stupid of Trump and Musk. The President is coming across as a petulant 6th grader. Such great potential being hampered by infantile rantings. The press is going to start comparing him to Biden but this time they won’t be covering for him.
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