Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he was going to “examine” the possibility of expelling Elon Musk after the incendiary statements of the richest man in the world against the budgetary megaproject of the American president seeks to have the congress adopted.
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The Republican billionaire also said that the Commission with government efficiency (DOGE), that the boss of SpaceX and Tesla directed before leaving at the end of May, could attack the public subsidies allocated to Elon Musk companies.
As a journalist asked him if he considered the possibility of expelling his former teammate, who was born in South Africa, Donald Trump replied: “I don’t know. We will have to examine this option.
“We could put Doge on Elon. Do you know what DOGE is? Doge is the monster that could turn around and crunch Elon, “added the American president.
DOGE is responsible for slashing federal expenses, sometimes brutally.
Mr. Musk, who left government affairs to focus in particular on Tesla electric cars, had tackled Donald Trump’s vast budgetary bill which, according to him, “increases the debt ceiling by 5,000 billion dollars in a record way”.
“Elon may get more subsidies than any other individual in history, by far, and without these subsidies, Elon should probably close shop and return home to South Africa,” said Donald Trump on Tuesday on his Truth Social network.
“More rocket, satellite or electric cars’ launching launches and our country would save a fortune,” he added.
This pass of weapons is not new. The two men, who were very close during the Republican campaign and at the start of his second mandate, were already torn publicly, in both professional and personal registers.
The businessman had already attacked the bill by calling him “repugnant abomination”.
The boss of Tesla warned: if the text is adopted, he will launch a new party and finance the campaign to the republican primaries of candidates opposed to current parliamentarians.
“Vox Populi Vox Dei. 80% voted for a new party, “he warned again on X on Tuesday, adding that” all I ask is that we are not going bankrupt “.
