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(The Hill) — President Trump connected Saturday said tech billionaire Elon Musk volition look “serious consequences” if helium moves to enactment Democratic governmental candidates successful immoderate upcoming elections, pursuing a nationalist rift betwixt the 2 successful caller days.
In a telephone interview with NBC News, Trump said Musk “will person to wage the consequences” if helium backs opponents to GOP lawmakers who enactment the GOP’s "big, beauteous bill."
“He’ll person to wage precise superior consequences if helium does that,” helium told the outlet.
The president’s remarks comes aft helium signaled his bromance with Musk is implicit arsenic a tiff astir the GOP megabill spiraled into an all-out brawl connected societal media. Musk went truthful acold arsenic to allege that Trump is named successful the Jeffrey Epstein files, backed a telephone for impeachment and suggested helium would person mislaid the statesmanlike predetermination without his support.
Trump successful effect threatened to cancel national authorities contracts for Musk's companies portion calling the Tesla and SpaceX CEO “crazy.”
Prior to the implosion of the duo’s relationship, the tech mogul indicated helium would rotation backmost his governmental spending successful upcoming elections.
“In presumption of governmental spending, I’m going to bash a batch little successful the future,” Musk said past month.
“If I spot a crushed to bash governmental spending successful the future, I volition bash it,” helium added. “I bash not presently spot a reason.”
The billionaire became 1 of the astir almighty forces successful U.S. authorities aft helium threw his enactment down Trump’s reelection bid past summer, spending astatine slightest $250 million.
He soon became a cardinal fig successful the White House arsenic helium advised the Department of Government Efficiency and the administration’s efforts to trim the size and scope of the national government. Musk near the medication precocious past period arsenic helium voiced absorption to the House-crafted GOP spending measure implicit its imaginable interaction connected the nationalist debt.
When asked by NBC connected Saturday if the president intends to reconcile with Musk, Trump replied successful the negative. But helium reiterated his assurance successful his fund measure contempt immoderate GOP concerns successful the precocious chamber.
“The Republican Party has ne'er been agreed similar this before. It’s ne'er been. It’s really much truthful than it was 3 days ago,” Trump said, stating Musk's outburst benefited his propulsion to get the measure passed earlier July 4.
“I think, actually, Elon brought retired the strengths of the measure due to the fact that radical that weren’t arsenic focused started focusing connected it, and they spot however bully it is,” the president added. “So successful that sense, determination was a large favor. But I deliberation Elon, really, I deliberation it’s a shame that he’s truthful depressed and truthful heartbroken.”
Some of Musk’s societal media posts that intensified the feud connected Thursday person since been deleted.
