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The public break: Trump and Musk escalate their dispute online
Donald Trump is “very disappointed” by the richest man in the world – and Elon Musk threatens Trump with the “really big bomb”. A small small war escalated.
For months they looked like a heart and a soul. But now Donald Trump and Elon Musk have overturned. On Thursday, the US President in the Oval Office said that he was “very disappointed” about the criticism of the tech billionaire in his budget plans.
First of all, he leaves open whether his friendly relationship with his former consultant will stop. “Elon and I had a great relationship. I don’t know if it will be. I was surprised,” said Trump during the visit of Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the White House. “I am very disappointed,” because Musk knew the background of the law “better than almost every other here,” says Trump. “Suddenly he had a problem.”
Public dispute at X and Truth Social
This is followed by an exchange of blows on social media. Musk writes on his platform X: “I didn’t even see this law.”
False, This Bill was never shown to me even onco and what passed in the dead of night so almost that almost no one in congress could even read it! https://t.co/v4tekqd4g
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2025
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A little later he adds and starts a survey at X: He lets the users vote with “yes” or “no” about the question of whether it is time to found a new political party in the United States that represented “the middle”.
Is it time to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the Middle?
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2025
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The US President cannot let this sit on this. On his own platform “” Trump Musk threatens to cancel subsidies. That is the easiest way to save money.
The tech billionaire also affects it: Trump’s name is in the Epstein files. “That is the real reason why they were not published. A nice day, DJT!”
Time to drop the real Big Bomb:@Raldonaldtrump Is in the Epstein Files. That is the real real being they have not been made public.
Have a nice day, djt!
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2025
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US Justice Minister Pam Bondi released files on the investigation against the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in February. Documents were also published last year. In the almost 1000 pages, Trump and former US President Bill Clinton were mentioned, but no misconduct is accused of in this context.
Musk threatens to set the SpaceX room capsule
The dispute between the US President and the Tech billionaire could have a noticeable consequences for the US room ride. After the public debate, Musk announces that his company SpaceX will immediately start taking the Dragon space capsule out of operation. He refers to Trump’s words that many billions can be saved if you cancel the government contracts of Musk’s companies.
The SpaceX spaceship is currently practically indispensable for the USA to bring astronauts into space. Boeing developed the spaceship Starliner, but on board the first flight with people on board, the crew had to remain on board the ISS space station because there were technical problems. Starliner finally landed safely-but the astronauts stuck on the ISS for months before returning with a SpaceX capsule.
Donald Trump puts Senate under pressure
Musk had only ended his work as a consultant of the US President last week. Trump overwhelmed him to say goodbye to hymns. “Elon is great,” says Trump: “That will be his last day, but not really because he will always be there and will help us on all way”. But only days later, the praise followed sharp criticism by Musk.
On Tuesday, Musk described the tax law planned by Trump as “disgusting”, “outrageous” and “a hideousness”. Musk was responsible for cuts and expenses in ministries and authorities as Trump’s consultants.
The draft law provides for an extension of the massive tax cuts from Trump’s first term (2017 to 2021), which would otherwise expire at the end of the year. To compensate, drastic cuts in health insurance Medicaid are planned, which primarily secure low -income and older people. The support for food aids for arms should also be shortened, which could meet up to 3.2 million arms.
Trump urged the Senate to adopt the law regardless of concerns-also among the Republicans-until the U.S. independence day on July 4th. The 1116 -page draft law has already been adopted in the House of Representatives.
Note: This article has been updated.
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Source: Stern
