« Without me, he would have lost the election, » said the boss of Tesla, who loses 14 % on the stock market – Liberation

The cloth burns between Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The American president assured Thursday October 5 on his social social network which he had ended the government mission of Elon Musk, according to him « Go crazy » Because of a decision by the American president who is unfavorable to electric vehicles. « The simplest to save billions and billions of dollars in our budget would be to cancel government subsidies and contracts » From the boss of SpaceX and Tesla, he threatened in another message on Truth. A few minutes later, Elon Musk retaliated on his social network X, arguing that he was « Time to drop the real big bomb ». « Donald Trump is in (Jeffrey) files Epstein »he wrote, referring to this American finance magnate, at the head of a large network of sexual exploitation of minors in particular, which committed suicide in its cell before being tried, in 2019. « This is the real reason why they were not made public »added Musk.

During this extremely tense day between the two men, Tesla’s title lost more than 14.04 %, at 285.41 dollars, at 21:05 hours in Paris, and let fly more than $ 140 billion in valuation. This fall rebuilds the company under the symbolic threshold of the 1,000 billion market capitalization. However, the course was flew in January, after the election of Donald Trump, investors think that the company would benefit from the privileged relationship between the American president and the entrepreneur. But Elon Musk’s positions have had Tesla’s title on the stock market in recent months and have cooled certain car buyers.

A little earlier, that same day, in full reception at the White House of the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, sitting silently in the oval office by his side, Trump delivered his first comments since the harsh criticisms of the boss of Tesla two days earlier. What Trump describes as « Large and beautiful law »which constitutes the keystone of its presidential program, had been castigated by the tech magnate as « A repugnant abomination ».

“Elon and I had an excellent relationship. I don’t know if it will still be the case, first questioned The republican billionaire. I am surprised.  » « I am very disappointed, because Elon knew the content of this law better than almost all the world here »he resumed. « Suddenly he has a problem. » Musk’s response was quick: Trump and Merz still answered the questions of journalists in the oval office when he seized X to reply.

« Anything »he wrote in commentary on a Trump video saying that his anger was due to the loss of grants for electric vehicles. « Fake »he then published above an extract in which the American president assures that Musk knew in advance the content of the text.

Before driving the point home a few minutes later: « Without me, Trump would have lost the election » In 2024, « The Democrats would control the House of Representatives and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate »he attacked. « What ingratitude »still accused Musk.

The dispute between Trump and Musk, the leading financial support during the Republican campaign and became essential at the start of his second term, occurs less than a week after a ceremony organized at the White House welcoming the end of the entrepreneur’s mission, responsible for piloting drastic cuts in public spending.

Voted at the end of May in the lower Congress Chamber, under pressure from Donald Trump, the budget bill in the viewfinder of Musk has been examined since Monday by the Senate, where the Republicans are in the majority.

Updated at 10 p.m. With the new losses from Tesla to Wall Street and Elon Musk’s latest tweet about Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein.