US President Donald Trump Do not withdraw his battle with Elon MuskSaying on Saturday that he has no desire to repair their relationship and warn that his former ally and country benefactor could face “serious consequences” if he tries to help Democrats in the coming elections.
Trump told NBC Kristen Welker in a telephone interview that he did not intend to make up for musk. Asked precisely if he thought that his relationship with the Mega-Millionaire CEO of Tesla and Spacex is over, Trump replied: “I guess yes, yes.”
“I’m too busy doing other things,” said Trump. “You know, I won an election in a landslide.
“I gave him a lot of breaks, long before it happened, I gave him breaks in my first administration, and I saved his life in my first administration, I have no intention to speak to him.”
The president also issued a warning in the midst of chatter that Musk could support legislators and democratic candidates in the mid-term elections in 2026.
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“If he does it, he will have to pay the consequences for this,” Trump told NBC, although he refused to share these consequences. Musk companies have many lucrative federal contracts.
The president’s latest comments suggest that Musk goes from the near ally to a new potential target for Trump, who aggressively exercised the powers of his office to repress criticism and punish perceived enemies. As a major government entrepreneur, Musk companies could be particularly vulnerable to remuneration. Trump has already threatened to reduce musk contracts, calling it an easy way to save money.
The dramatic break between the president and the richest man in the world began this week with Musk’s public criticism with regard to Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” awaiting Capitol Hill. Musk warned that the bill would increase the federal deficit and described it as “disgusting abomination”.
Trump criticized Musk in the oval office, and before a long time, he and Musk began to exchange bitterly personal attacks on social networks, sending the leaders of the White House and GOP Congress to assess the benefits.
While the back and forth intensified, Musk suggested that Trump should be dismissed and claimed without evidence that the government hid information on the president’s association with the infamous pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Musk appeared on Saturday morning for deleting his messages on Epstein.
Vice-president JD Vance in an interview tried to minimize the quarrel. He said Musk made a “huge mistake” after Trump, but called him an frustrated “emotional guy”.
“I hope that finally Elon will return to the fold. Maybe it is not possible now because it has become so nuclear,” said Vance.
Vance described Musk as a “incredible entrepreneur” and said that the Musk’s government ministry, which sought to reduce public spending and dismiss or postpone thousands of workers, was “really good”.
Vance made these comments in an interview with the actor of “Manosphere” Theo Von, who joked last month to sniff drugs from a mixed baby and sexuality of men in the American navy when he opened for Trump in a military base in Qatar.
Vance’s interview was recorded on Thursday while Musk’s publications were deployed on X, the social media network owned by the billionaire.
During the interview, Von showed the assertion of Musk vice-president that Trump’s administration did not publish all the files related to Epstein because Trump is mentioned.
Vance replied to this, saying: “Absolutely not. Donald Trump did nothing wrong with Jeffrey Epstein.”
“This thing is simply not useful,” said Vance in response to another article shared by Musk calling Trump to be dismissed and replaced by Vance.
“It’s totally crazy. The president does a good job. “
Vance also defended the bill that pulled the anger of Musk and said that his central objective was not to reduce expenses but to extend the 2017 tax reductions approved in the first mandate of Trump.
The bill would reduce expenses and taxes, but would also leave some 10.9 million more people without health insurance and peak deficits of 2.4 billions of dollars during the decade, according to the budget of the non -partisan congress.
“It’s a good bill,” said Vance. “It’s not a perfect bill.”
The interview was recorded in Nashville in a restaurant belonging to the musician Kid Rock, an ally of Trump.
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