Stress between Trump and Elon Musk boiled over on Thursday after the President responded to the House X founder’s thrashing of the Large Lovely Act and its spending ranges, sparking a really public feud between the 2.
Trump told reporters on Thursday that Musk is seemingly “upset as a result of we took the EV mandate” and steered he was additionally sad that Trump pulled the nomination of Musk’s pal, Jared Isaacman, for NASA administrator.
Later Thursday, President Trump took to Fact Social to air his grievances.
Trump created a firestorm after he threatened to chop billions of {dollars} of Elon Musk’s authorities subsidies and contracts.
“Elon was “carrying skinny,” I requested him to depart, I took away his EV Mandate that pressured everybody to purchase Electrical Vehicles that no one else wished (that he knew for months I used to be going to do!), and he simply went CRAZY!” Trump stated on Fact Social.
“The simplest manner to save cash in our Funds, Billions and Billions of {Dollars}, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I used to be at all times shocked that Biden didn’t do it!” Trump stated.
Elon Musk responded with a taunt.
This simply will get higher and higher
Go forward, make my day … https://t.co/APmy7cV8iL
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2025
In a observe up X put up, Elon Musk stated President Trump is within the Epstein recordsdata.
Time to drop the actually huge bomb:@realDonaldTrump is within the Epstein recordsdata. That’s the actual cause they haven’t been made public.
Have a pleasant day, DJT!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2025