After his public confrontation with Maskthe US president Donald Trump He said Friday (6.6.25) that he was not planning to speak with his billionaire and former ally, implying that their dispute would not be resolved soon.
Speaking to reporters from the presidential aircraft, Donald Trump said he was “not thinking” Elon Musk.
“I hope to do well with Tesla,” he added, though he noted that the many contracts signed by Musk with the federal government should be examined. “We will control everything,” he said. “It’s a lot of money.”
After all, US President may also get rid of red Tesla Model S He bought in March after a demonstration of Musk’s electric vehicles at the White House, a government official who wanted to maintain his anonymity.
At the same time, Trump talked about the issue and on many television networks: on CBS assured that he is “completely focused” on his presidential duties, “nothing else”.
A CNN journalist who talked to Trump pointed out that she was told that “this burned man has a problem”, referring to Musk.
Fox News presenter conveyed other statements by Trump: ‘Elon has lost them completely’.
For his part, the billionaire did not turn his arrows against the US president, but continued to criticize the Republican tax bill.
In X, Musk commented that Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” will politically hurt the Republicans and increase the US debt, already at 36.2 trillion. dollars. In the posting of a user who noted that Musk criticized Congress and Trump responded by criticizing Musk personally, the billionaire replied “exactly”.
In addition, the head of Tesla, originally from South Africa, estimated that US needs a new political party “To represent 80% of the center,” citing a poll conducted through the X platform.
Following the impressive drop in Tesla’s stock on Thursday at Wall Street (-14%, which translates to a $ 150 billion reduction), the company regained some of its losses yesterday.
Persons who have spoken to Musk say that his anger has begun to cut and believe that he will seek to rebuild his relations with Trump, according to a person who spoke with the billionaire environment.
The future of the head of Tesla depends greatly on the decisions that the US government will make regarding the adoption of regulatory frameworks, Dan Avs analyst in Wedbush, who estimated that this “bunch of college” would “end up”.
Musk “cannot have an enemy” in the White House, “he said.
The head of Tesla, SpaceX and X has signed huge contracts with the US government, making it vulnerable. At the same time, however, this fact gives him great power as the US has entrusted him with sensitive responsibilities.
‘Very disappointed’
Musk has criticized Trump’s tax bill that provides for taxes and government spending as a “disgusting abortion”. His opposition complicates efforts to adopt the bill by Congress, where Republicans have a marginal majority.
Trump’s bill passed marginally from the House of Representatives last month and is now before the Senate, where Republicans say they will make further changes. Non -party analysts estimate that this bill will add $ 2.4 trillion to US debt over 10 years.
Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson said he had exchanged messages with Musk and hopes the disagreement will be resolved quickly.
“I do not disagree with him how the rockets are manufactured and I hope he did not disagree with me on how a bill was drawn up and voted,” Johnson said on the CNBC television network.
Initially, Trump had remained silent as the billionaire was trying to torpedo the bill, but broke his silence on Thursday by telling reporters that he was “very disappointed” by Musk.
Musk, who almost spent $ 300 million To support the Republican election campaign in 2024, he replied that Trump would have lost in the elections without his support.
Subsequently, the US president implied that he could cancel the contracts signed by the federal government with MSK’s operations, including SpaceX missile company and the Starlink satellite network.
The billionaire then threatened to decline the SpaceX Dragon spaceship, the only American spaceship capable of sending astronauts to the International Space Station. Musk later withdrew this threat.
The billionaire was outraged when Trump recalled the appointment of Jared Eizakman’s ally as head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Service last weekend.
However, a prolonged controversy is not good for Trump, as it could make the Republicans difficult to maintain Congress’s control in next year’s intermediate elections, if Musk deprives his financial support or if other major businessmen from the party.
“I hope they find them, I believe in remorse,” commented Mike Johnson.
Musk has already stated that he plans to limit the money spent on politicians and on Tuesday called for “all the politicians who betrayed the American people” on Tuesday.