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(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are expected to talk Friday successful a telephone scheduled by White House aides, according to Politico.
The pair's nationalist feud, which has played retired chiefly via societal media, has culminated successful bombshell accusations against the president and a large deed to Tesla stock.
Why are Trump and Musk fighting?
For months, Trump and Musk person remained agreed successful their quest to trim national spending and reshape the authorities — until the duo's relationship imploded this week.
Musk's posts person chiefly focused connected the deficit-growing "big, beauteous bill" and Trump's comments successful the Oval Office astir cutting an electric conveyance taxation credit.
“I’m sorry, but I conscionable can’t basal it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending measure is simply a disgusting abomination,” Musk said Tuesday on his societal level X.
“Shame connected those who voted for it: you cognize you did wrong. You cognize it,” Musk added.
A root told NewsNation that House Speaker Mike Johnson described Musk arsenic being "hung up connected spending."
The posts escalated until Musk said it was "time to driblet the truly large bomb." He accused Trump of being named successful the Jeffrey Epstein files and claimed that was the crushed the files hadn't been made nationalist yet. Earlier this year, Trump disclosed the files to a tiny radical of blimpish influencers.
Trump fired backmost successful posts of his ain connected Truth Social, including 1 successful which helium wrote that Musk was "wearing thin," and "he conscionable went crazy."
Trump threatens to chopped authorities contracts with Musk
On Thursday, Trump floated the thought of canceling authorities contracts with Musk's companies, calling it the "easiest way" to chopped "billions and billions."
A Washington Post analysis from February recovered Musk's companies person accepted astatine slightest $38 cardinal from the authorities successful the past 2 decades.
Roughly two-thirds of that wealth was awarded successful the past 5 years, arsenic SpaceX worked alongside NASA to physique up its satellite program.
Responding to the president's threat, Musk said, "Go ahead, marque my day."
Tesla takes deed aft nationalist Trump-Musk feud
The billionaire breakup sent Tesla banal tumbling connected Thursday.
Shares of Musk’s electrical conveyance shaper plunged much than 14%, wiping retired $150 cardinal successful marketplace worth by the extremity of the trading day.
In after-hours trading, Tesla shares roseate 0.8%.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
