Elon Musk’s feud with six takeaways from President Donald Trump
From disappointment to threats, there are six takeaways from the public spit between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
WASHINGTON – If you think the thermonuclear pimples between President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk are bad, wait until the divorce’s assets split is ongoing.
The battle royale between the world’s most powerful humans and their wealthiest inhabitants appears to be almost over, except for the remaining skirmishes on social media platforms that Trump and Musk own separately.
Neither person can declare a winner in the dissolution of a mutually beneficial partnership.
The fight began over Musk’s public criticism of Trump’s “big beautiful” budget bill and the projected $2.5 trillion increase that will cause the federal deficit. But that was left to a muddy sight that included publicly accusing Trump of blocking the release of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking files held by the Justice Department, as the Musk is involved.
But when the proverb dust from dust up finally settles, who will lose the most?
“I don’t think anyone knows,” said Doug Hay, a veteran Republican political strategist.
“Obviously, what we’ve seen in the last few months is that if Trump considers you an enemy, he’s going to use the government lever against you,” Heye said since 1990, serving on the George W. Bush White House, the House of Representatives, the Senate and Republican National Committee. “And maybe some of his supporters, or many of his supporters, would like it. We have to look.”
What will Musk lose?
The White House said on June 6 that Trump was considering selling a Tesla model he allegedly bought from the CEO of an electric car company when stocks were tanking as a result of Americans opposed to mask tactics as head of the government’s cost-cutting division.
Within hours of the Trump Musk Battle’s public battle on June 5th, Tesla’s shares fell 15%, wiping more than $100 billion from the company’s $1 trillion market value.
More widely, various mask companies have benefited from at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits over the past 20 years, often at key moments. Most come from contracts between his SpaceX satellite company and the Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
And while countless companies in Musk are deeply entangled with the US government in the form of multi-year contracts, the feud with Trump also puts them at risk. They are also at risk: Mask burgeoning projects such as self-driving cars and trucks, protection from tariffs, and proposed proposals with the government.
Musk also uses Trump’s connection to sell Starlink satellite communications services to various US agencies and foreign governments, as well as boring company tunnel companies, Xai artificial intelligence companies and other products.
Without Trump’s support, these current and proposed government contracts could decline or disappear, but the latter could lead to long-term lawsuits.
Trump could sign an executive order to seize SpaceX under the Defense Production Act, two nuclear options proposed Thursday by former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, and even deport musks.
What will Trump lose?
Trump controls the government’s lever, but Mask has at least one ace in the hole. He claims that his control over X has handed Trump not only his election victory in November, but also Republican control of the House and Senate.
Musk has already used X and his 228 million followers to try to direct public opinion against Trump after destroying Trump’s deficit budget bill.
Musk said this week that he will draw SpaceX’s support for the dragon spacecraft ferrying astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station. He predicts Trump’s tariffs will cause a recession this year.
The tech billionaire also conducted one of the rhetorically sloping polls in X, confirming who want a third party “actually representing” a third party between Republicans and Democrats “actually representing 80%.” The results fixed at the top of the mask’s X profile were predictably supported at 80.4% to 19.6%.
These kinds of broadsides could be particularly strong embraces against Trump just five months after his second term.
Musk was also able to exercise the political tactics he had used to help Trump in the past, but this time he is funding opponents of his political candidates in the upcoming medium-term elections.
Is it advantageous for both Trump and Musk?
Heye said despite all the rhetoric of the burning Cen, there is still room for reconciliation and public reunion.
There is, The veteran GOP official cited the case of Trump’s former White House chief, Reince Priebus. Priebus was forced to return to his own home, Hay said, but soon realized he had returned to Trump’s good bounty.
“My relationship with Donald Trump going south is nothing new in this political world,” Hay said. “But Donald Trump will allow people to always come back if they say the right thing.”
Already, Musk appeared to be retreating from the threat of losing the Dragon’s spacecraft after the X poster told him.
In response, Musk replied late Thursday, “Good advice. Ok, I won’t abolish the dragon.”