A bitter rift has emerged between US President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk, with both trading insults over Trump’s domestic policies.
Gatekeepers News reports that the feud escalated on social media after Musk criticized Trump’s tax and spending bill.
Trump expressed disappointment with Musk’s criticism, saying, “I’m very disappointed because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here. All of a sudden he had a problem.”
Musk fired back, accusing Trump of “ingratitude” and claiming, “Without me, Trump would have lost the election.”
He also called the bill a “disgusting abomination” and urged Americans to lobby Congress to reject it.
Musk further stated, “Keep the EV/solar incentive cuts in the bill, even though no oil & gas subsidies are touched (very unfair!!), but ditch the MOUNTAIN of DISGUSTING PORK in the bill.”
Trump responded by suggesting he would terminate Elon Musk’s governmental subsidies and contracts to save billions of dollars, saying, “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!”
The public spat led to a significant drop in Tesla’s stock, with shares plummeting 14% after the feud erupted.
Musk also announced that SpaceX would begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately, potentially impacting the International Space Station’s work.
