Trump says his relationship with mask is over, knocking on the door of a formerly engraved alliance who tried to escalate their feud

• Feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk It appears that it caused irreparable damage, as the president told NBC News he didn’t want to repair his relationship and assumed it was over. The comment came after Musk appeared to try and escalate a feud that exploded publicly on Trump’s budget bill on Thursday.

President Donald Trump seems to be at first glance Tesla CEO Elon Musk has escalated surprisingly well after engaging in a feud on Thursday.

in Saturday’s interview with NBC Newswhen asked if Trump had any desire to repair his relationship with Musk, the president replied “No.” And when asked if he thought his relationship with Musk was over, Trump said, “I would think so.”

He accused Musk of disrespectfulness of the presidency, saying, “I’m too busy doing other things,” and immediately added Musk that he “I’m not going to talk about it.”

“I think that’s very bad because he’s so rude. I couldn’t underestimate the presidential position,” Trump said.

The comments come after Musk, who once hugged Trump with his “first buddy,” appeared to be trying to escalate their feud. On Saturday, he deleted him x A post about his relationship with Trump with the infamous Jeffrey Epstein.

On Thursday night, Musk responded to a post from Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square, calling for peace between the tech billionaire and Trump. He says, “You’re not wrong.”

Also, on Thursday, Musk returned to the threat of abolishment SpaceX The Dragon Car has become the flagship capsule that the Pentagon and NASA rely on to access Earth’s orbit.

But the damage has already been done. Musk suggested that Trump should be fired each, praised Trump’s election victory, and said his tariffs would cause a recession later this year. That’s after a spending bill for the past few days that destroyed Trump’s taxes and led to their meltdown.

Trump’s signal that Musk is now a persona Vice President JD Vance And house speaker Mike Johnson said he wanted the two men to reconcile.

Meanwhile, Trump also warned Musk Last year, Top GOP Donor Supporting Democrats is a campaign contribution of nearly $300 million.

“If that’s the case, he’ll have to pay for the outcome,” Trump told NBC News without elaborating. “If he does, he’ll have to pay very serious consequences.”

For him, Musk asked X users On Thursday, if it’s time to form a new political party that actually represents 80% in the middle, we’ll draw support from 80% of respondents.

Tesla did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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