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Americans considered the consequences Friday of the spectacular split between Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump, who threatened to strip the world\u2019s richest man of his huge government contracts.<\/p>\n
Trump and Musk\u2019s unlikely political marriage exploded in a\u00a0fiery public divorce Thursday.<\/p>\n
The president said in a televised Oval Office diatribe that he was \u201cvery disappointed\u201d after his former aide and top donor criticized his \u201cbig, beautiful\u201d spending bill before Congress.<\/p>\n
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The pair then hurled insults at each other on social media \u2014 with Musk even posting, without proof, that Trump was referenced in government documents on disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n
The row could have major political and economic fallout, as shares in Musk\u2019s Tesla car company plunged and the South African-born tech tycoon vowed that he would end a critical US spaceship program.<\/p>\n
But Trump played down the feud during an interview with Politico on Thursday, saying: \u201cOh it\u2019s okay. It\u2019s going very well, never done better.\u201d<\/p>\n
A call with Musk has been scheduled by the White House on Friday in the hope of diffusing the situation, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n
Speculation had long swirled that a relationship between the world\u2019s richest person and its most powerful could not last long \u2014 but the speed of the meltdown took Washington by surprise.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very disappointed in Elon. I\u2019ve helped Elon a lot,\u201d Trump told reporters in the Oval Office as visiting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz looked on silently.<\/p>\n
\u201cElon and I had a great relationship. I don\u2019t know if we will anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n
A hurt-sounding Trump, 78, said it had been only a week since he hosted a grand farewell for Musk as he left the cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).<\/p>\n
Trump later insisted he had asked the tycoon to leave because he was \u201cwearing thin.\u201d<\/p>\n
Musk,\u00a0who was Trump\u2019s biggest campaign donor to the tune of $300 million, slammed the president for \u201cingratitude\u201d and said the Republican would not have won the 2024 election without him.<\/p>\n
As the spat got increasingly vindictive, Musk also posted that Trump \u201cis in the Epstein files,\u201d referring to US government documents on the sex offender who killed himself while awaiting trial.<\/p>\n
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told AFP that Musk\u2019s Epstein tweet \u201cis an unfortunate episode from Elon, who is unhappy with the \u2018One Big Beautiful Bill\u2019 because it does not include the policies he wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n
Musk, on his X social media platform, replied \u201cyes\u201d to a post suggesting the president should be impeached, and blasted Trump\u2019s global tariffs for risking a recession.<\/p>\n
Trump finally suggested hitting the \u201ccrazy\u201d entrepreneur where it hurts, threatening Musk\u2019s multibillion-dollar government contracts including for launching rockets and for the use of the Starlink satellite service.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon\u2019s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts,\u201d Trump said on Truth Social.<\/p>\n
Again Musk fired back, with the SpaceX chief saying he would begin \u201cdecommissioning\u201d his company\u2019s Dragon spacecraft which is vital for ferrying NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station.<\/p>\n
He later appeared to walk that back, replying to a user on X: \u201cOK, we won\u2019t decommission Dragon.\u201d<\/p>\n
When the crossfire finally relented after several astonishing hours, Tesla had seen more than $100 billion wiped off the company\u2019s value.<\/p>\n
Trump and Musk\u2019s whirlwind relationship had initially blossomed, with the president backing DOGE\u2019s cost-cutting rampage through the US government and the tycoon sleeping over at the White House and traveling on Air Force One.<\/p>\n
But the 53-year-old ultimately lasted just four months on the job, becoming increasingly disillusioned with the slow pace of change and clashing with some of Trump\u2019s cabinet members.<\/p>\n
The two men had however kept tensions over Trump\u2019s tax and spending mega-bill relatively civil \u2014 until Musk described the plan, the centerpiece of Trump\u2019s domestic policy agenda for his second term, as an \u201cabomination\u201d because he says it will increase the US deficit.<\/p>\n
Washington will now intently watch the fallout from the row.<\/p>\n
Musk posted a poll on whether he should form a new political party \u2014 a seismic threat from a man who has signaled he is ready to use his wealth to unseat Republican lawmakers who disagree with him.<\/p>\n
Trump ally Steve Bannon \u2014 a vocal opponent of Musk \u2014 meanwhile called for the tycoon to be deported, the New York Times reported.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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