Sunday, June 8, 2025 - U,S. President, Donald Trump has warned that there would be “serious consequences” if tech mogul Elon Musk funds Democratic candidates to run against Republicans who vote in favor of the GOP’s sweeping budget bill.
“If he does, he’ll have to pay the consequences for that,”
Trump told NBC News in a phone interview, but declined to share what those
consequences would be.
“He’ll have to pay very serious consequences if he does
that,” he added.
The president also said he has no desire to repair his
relationship with Musk after a feud between the two men erupted into
public view earlier this week.
“No,” Trump said when asked if he had any wish to do so.
Asked if he thought his relationship with the Tesla and
SpaceX CEO was over, Trump said, “I would assume so, yeah.”
He added that he thought the Republican Party was more
unified than ever after the two men fell out in front of the world.
Trump said he has no plans to speak with Musk anytime soon.
“I’m too busy doing other things,” he said, adding, “I have no intention of
speaking to him.”
Trump also accused Musk of being “disrespectful to the
office of the President.”
“I think it’s a very bad thing, because he’s very
disrespectful. You could not disrespect the office of the President,” he added.
Musk on Thursday launched a barrage of posts on X against
the president, including a now-deleted post highlighting the onetime links
between the president and the late s£x offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“That’s called ‘old news,’ that’s been old news, that has
been talked about for years,” Trump said on Saturday. “Even Epstein’s lawyer
said I had nothing to do with it. It’s old news.
In the days leading up to their public falling out, Musk had
been critical of a GOP-led spending bill that the House passed last month.
In the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump responded to Musk’s
criticisms, telling reporters, “I’m very disappointed because Elon knew the
inner workings of this bill. I’m very disappointed in Elon. I’ve helped Elon a
lot.”
Shortly after those comments, Musk launched several social
media attacks, including a now-deleted post promoting a call for Trump to
be impeached and another where he said the president’s tariff
agenda would cause a recession later this year.
Trump on Thursday also responded with his own posts on Truth
Social. In one post, he wrote, “I don’t mind Elon turning against me, but
he should have done so months ago,” suggesting that Musk knew what was in the
bill before it was passed.
He also wrote on Thursday, “The easiest way to
save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate
Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts,” referring to federal contracts
with SpaceX. “I was always surprised that Biden didn’t do it!”
On Saturday, June 7, Trump said he hadn’t given his
suggestion about canceling Musk’s companies’ federal contracts any more
thought.
“I’d be allowed to do that,” he said, “but I have, I haven’t
given it any thought.”
Trump also responded to calls from outside allies, like
conservative activist Steve Bannon, who have said that Musk’s business dealings
and immigration record should be investigated by the federal government.
The president told NBC News that he hasn't had those
conversations. “I mean it’s not something that’s on top of my mind right
now," Trump said.
He also cast doubt on the notion that Musk’s opposition to
the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” is jeopardizing the bill’s chances of success,
saying he’s “very confident” that the bill will pass the Senate before July 4.
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