In that context, the version that the White House planned to coordinate a call with Musk to look for a truce circulated. However, this Friday a senior US government official denied that possibility: “The president does not plan to talk to Musk today,” he said in anonymity.
Minutes later, Trump himself confirmed his position in a television interview. “It’s completely crazy”He said about Musk in statements to ABC News. And he added: “We want us to talk, but I am not interested”.
In subsequent dialogue with CNN, the president redoubled his position: “I don’t think about Elon Musk at all. He has a problem. The poor man has a problem”. Trump said his attention is focused exclusively on the political agenda and highlighted his performance in surveys. “In that is the only thing that suits me. I do not concentrate on anything else. That’s why I have my highest figures in the surveys,” he said.
And he closed with an optimistic look on management: “The country is very good, it has never been better. Employment figures are excellent, everything is going well.”
The Trump – Musk conflict
The conflict accelerated after Musk tried to convince republican legislators to block the Fiscal Project of the Republican leader -to be able to preserve valuable fiscal credits for electric vehicles; And after Tesla’s CEO called “kill” The proposal: “Call your senator, call your congressman. Ruine the United States is not right! ”
In detail, the proposal – to which Musk had described as a “disgusting abomination” – has more than 1,000 pages and marks a deep reform in different areas of the life of Americans. Among its most important points, it promotes fiscal cuts, it requires more requirements to access social assistance, increases the expense in defense and security, it hardens immigration policy and It seeks to eliminate renewable energy subsidies.
Given this situation, Trump said he was “very disappointed” by Musk during a press conference and the tycoon responded in a series of tweets, among them stating that during his participation he was “consequent.”
“Elon and I had a great relationship. I don’t know if it will continue like this. It surprised me. (…) I am very disappointed because Elon knew the details of the bill better than anyone “the Republican President had sentenced.
Subsequently, Musk accused the US president of being Linked to the Jeffrey Epstein case filesthe billionaire convicted of sexual crimes and accused of leading a network of minors traffic. In his X account, the social network of which he owns, Musk pointed directly against Trump, and also, asked for political trial (Impeachment) of the presidentproposing Senator JD Vance as his replacement.
“It’s time to release the bomb: @realdonaldTrump is in Epstein’s archives. That is the real reason why they have been made public. You have a good day, Djt!”Musk wrote. Minutes later, he added: “Write this publication for the future. The truth will come to light.”
Source: Ambito
