‘Elon and I had an amazing relationship. I don’t know if we’ll anymore,’ the president mentioned.
“I’m not even occupied with Elon. He’s obtained an issue. The poor man’s obtained an issue,” Trump informed CNN on Friday.
When requested if he had a cellphone dialog with the Tesla CEO, who left the Trump administration final week, Trump mentioned, “No. I received’t be chatting with him for some time I assume, however I want him nicely.”
The Feb. 5 feud started with Trump reacting to Musk’s opposition to the Home GOP invoice that will make the 2017 tax cuts everlasting and contains provisions associated to American power and securing the border. It will additionally elevate the debt ceiling by $4 trillion and repeal the $7,500 EV tax credit score.
“Elon and I had an amazing relationship. I don’t know if we’ll anymore,” he mentioned within the Oval Workplace, sitting subsequent to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Musk mentioned that Trump wouldn’t have received the presidency and the GOP wouldn’t have captured the Home had it not been for the entrepreneur’s efforts, value $300 million. He additionally mentioned that the GOP would solely management the Senate with 51 seats and never 53 had it not been for him.
Trump mentioned Musk “knew the internal workings of the invoice higher than anyone sitting right here.” Musk denied that and mentioned he was by no means proven a duplicate of the invoice regardless of it being publicly out there.
“False, this invoice was by no means proven to me even as soon as and was handed at the hours of darkness so quick that nearly nobody in Congress may even learn it!” Musk mentioned in a social media publish.
The president mentioned that Musk is upset that the EV credit score could be repealed within the invoice, thereby negatively affecting Tesla. Musk denied this and mentioned he wouldn’t thoughts the mandate being eradicated.
“No matter,” he mentioned in a publish. “Preserve the EV/photo voltaic incentive cuts within the invoice, though no oil & gasoline subsidies are touched (very unfair!!), however ditch the MOUNTAIN of DISGUSTING PORK within the invoice.”
Trump additionally mentioned Musk was upset at him withdrawing Jared Isaacman’s nomination to steer NASA. Musk supported Isaacman.
The president referred to as for the elimination of presidency subsidies for Musk’s corporations.
“The simplest means to economize in our Finances, Billions and Billions of {Dollars}, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts,” Trump wrote in a publish on Reality Social.