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    Trump says he has no plans to speak to Musk as feud persists

    LEN EditorBy LEN EditorJune 7, 2025Updated:June 7, 2025 World No Comments5 Mins Read
    Trump says he has no plans to speak to Musk as feud persists

     Donald Trump and Elon Musk Picture: AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File

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    US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he has no plans to speak with Elon Musk, signalling the president and his former ally might not resolve their feud over a sweeping tax-cut bill anytime soon.

    Addressing reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said he wasn’t “thinking about” the Tesla CEO.

    “I hope he does well with Tesla,” Trump said.

    However, Trump said a review of Musk’s extensive contracts with the federal government was in order. “We’ll take a look at everything,” the president said. “It’s a lot of money.”

    Trump may get rid of the red Tesla Model S that he bought in March after showcasing Musk’s electric cars on the White House lawn, a White House official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

    Musk, for his part, did not directly address Trump but kept up his criticism of the massive Republican tax and spending bill that contains much of Trump’s domestic agenda.

    On his social-media platform X, Musk amplified remarks made by others that Trump’s “big beautiful bill” would hurt Republicans politically and add to the nation’s $36.2 trillion debt. He replied “exactly” to a post by another X user that said Musk had criticised Congress, and Trump had responded by criticising Musk personally.

    Musk also declared it was time for a new political party in the United States “to represent the 80% in the middle!”

    People who have spoken to Musk said his anger has begun to recede, and they think he will want to repair his relationship with Trump, according to one person who has spoken to Musk’s entourage.

    Elon Musk listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Oval Office of the White House, in May, in Washington. Picture: AP Photo/Evan Vucci

    The White House statements came one day after the two men battled openly in an extraordinary display of hostilities that marked a stark end to a close alliance.

    Tesla stock rose on Friday, clawing back some losses from Thursday’s session, when it dropped 14% and lost $150 billion in value, the largest single-day decline in the company’s history.

    Musk’s high-profile allies have largely stayed silent during the feud. However, one investor, James Fishback, called on Musk to apologise.

    “President Trump has shown grace and patience at a time when Elon’s behaviour is disappointing and frankly downright disturbing,” Fishback said in a statement.

    Musk, the world’s richest man, bankrolled a large part of Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign. Trump named Musk to head a controversial effort to downsize the federal workforce and slash spending.

    Trump feted Musk at the White House a week ago as he wrapped up his role as head of the Department of Government Efficiency. Musk cut only about half of 1% of total spending, far short of his brash plans to axe $2 trillion from the federal budget.

    Since then, Musk has denounced Trump’s tax-cut and spending bill as a “disgusting abomination.” His opposition is complicating efforts to pass the bill in Congress, where Republicans hold a slim majority.

    Trump’s bill narrowly passed the House of Representatives last month and is now before the Senate, where Republicans say they will make further changes. Nonpartisan analysts say the measure would add $2.4 trillion in debt over 10 years.

    House Speaker Mike Johnson said he has been texting with Musk and hopes the dispute is resolved quickly.

    “I don’t argue with him about how to build rockets, and I wish he wouldn’t argue with me about how to craft legislation and pass it,” Johnson said on CNBC.

    President Donald Trump Picture: AP Photo/Evan Vucci

    ‘VERY DISAPPOINTED’

    Trump had initially stayed quiet while Musk campaigned to torpedo the bill, but broke his silence on Thursday, telling reporters he was “very disappointed” in Musk.

    Musk, who spent nearly $300 million in last year’s elections, said Trump would have lost without his support and suggested he should be impeached.

    Trump suggested he would terminate government contracts with Musk’s businesses, which include rocket company SpaceX and its satellite unit Starlink.

    The billionaire then threatened to decommission SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, the only US spacecraft capable of sending astronauts to the International Space Station. Musk later backed off that threat.

    Musk had been angered when Trump over the weekend revoked his nomination of Musk ally Jared Isaacman to head the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Two sources with direct knowledge of the dispute said White House personnel director Sergio Gor had helped turn Trump against Isaacman by highlighting his past donations to Democrats.

    Musk and Gor had been at odds since the billionaire criticised Gor’s pace of hiring at a March cabinet meeting, the two sources said.

    A White House spokesperson, Steven Cheung, praised Gor’s efforts to staff the administration but did not address his relationship with Musk.

    A prolonged feud could make it harder for Republicans to keep control of Congress in next year’s midterm elections if Musk withholds financial support or other major Silicon Valley business leaders distance themselves from Trump.

    Musk had already said he planned to curtail his political spending, and on Tuesday, he called for “all politicians who betrayed the American people” to be fired next year.

    His involvement with the Trump administration has provoked widespread protests at Tesla sites, driving down sales while investors fretted that Musk’s attention was too divided.

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