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While Elon Musk continues to use the Republicans’ Reconciliation Act, President Donald Trump now threatens with consequences against the man who stuck hundreds of million dollars in his 2024 election campaign and acted in fact as his co-president a few months ago. Trump now threatens Elon Musk with deportation: “We have to watch it”
Musk vs. Trump: exchange of blows via subsidies, tax money and deportation
Musk’s resistance to the law had already led to an explosive exchange of blows with Trump last month. The Tesla billionaire renewed his criticism this week and wrote on Monday that, if “this insane expenditure law is adopted”, he would start his own political party the next day. “Our country needs an alternative to the democratic-republican unit party so that the people actually have a voice,” wrote Musk.
Musk added that he would make sure that every member of the congress who “competed with the promise to reduce government spending and then immediately voted for the greatest debt increase in history”, “next year loses his area code, even if it is the last thing I am doing on this earth”.
In a truth social post in early Tuesday morning, Trump Musks broke out for the decision of his government to take back state regulations for electric vehicles-measures such as Tesla to significantly benefit companies.
“Elon Musk knew, long before he supported me so strongly as president that I was strictly against the EV mandate. It is ridiculous and was always an integral part of my campaign,” wrote the president. “Elon may get more subsidies than any other person in history, by far – and without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close and back to South Africa.”
Trump: “Maybe we have to put Doge on Elon”
The President added that “maybe a good, hard look” on Musk’s company and government contracts should be taken. Because “there is a lot of money to save !!!”
Musk on X: “So tempting to escalate. But I will hold back for the time being.”
At a reporter date shortly before his departure to Florida, Trump was asked if he was planning to deport musk. “I don’t know we have to look at it,” the president considered. And added that the government “might have to put Doge on Elon”.
“Do you know what Doge is?” He asked the reporter. And referred to Musk’s alleged austerity measures, which had hollowed out critical services of the government within a few months. “The monster that may have to go back and eat Elon,” continued Trump. “Wouldn’t that be terrible?”
Musk replied to X (formerly Twitter) that it was “so tempting to escalate. So, so tempting. But I will hold back for the time being.”
Trump remains “hopeful” for coordination on the same day
The violent reconciliation package of the Republicans is currently being debated in a record vote in a record vote-a so-called “Vote A-Rama” meeting. She became the longest in the history of the chamber on Monday night. If it is adopted, the law would probably be withdrawn millions of people. Make social programs more inaccessible. And – at least according to Musk – increasing government debt by about $ 4 trillion in the next ten years.
Trump stated on Tuesday that he was “hopeful” that there would be a complete coordination in the Senate until the end of the day.