« Would have lost the choice without me » – DiePresse.com
The alliance of US President Donald Trump and Tech billionaire Elon Musk should not survive the dispute over the budget law. Trump doubts the future of the « great relationship », Musk answers on X: « Such an ungrateful. »
The dispute over Donald Trump’s tax law draws a line under the close relationship between the US president with tech billionaire Elon Musk. « Elon and I had a great relationship. I don’t know if we will still have that, » said Trump in front of journalists When visiting the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the White House. Musk struck back over his online platform X a little later: « Without me, Trump would have lost the choice. » And he added: « Such an ungrateful. »
Musk donated more than $ 250 million for Trump’s election campaign. In addition, he personally campaigned for him in the important state of Pennsylvania. Trump now said that he had won in Pennsylvania without Musk – and seems to have provoked the attack of the tech billionaire.
« Stand in the Epstein files »
Trump also indicated that he could possibly delete US government orders and funding for companies Musks. « The easiest way to save billions in our household and millions is to terminate Elon’s state subsidies and contracts, » posted Trump. Previously, the dispute between him and Musk was about the promoted by the US President and from the TeslaCEO criticized tax and expenditure law escalated.
Musk countered immediately and started a survey on his social media platform X: He has users vote with « yes » or « no » about the question of whether it was time to found a new political party in the United States that represented the « middle ».
Later Musk tweeted « time to let the really big bomb » and claimed that Donald Trump was « in the Epstein files. That is the real reason why they were not made public. » He alludes to the case of the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Taga -length attacks Musk
Musk has been mood against Trump’s tax and expenditure law for days and demands more cost reductions. Meanwhile, Trump suggested that Musk was led by business interests. The tech billionaire is, among other things, head of the electric car manufacturer Tesla. According to the statements, the stocks of the US car maker extended their losses and fell by around nine percent. Before that, they were three percent in the minus. Trump said Musk had no problem with the law – until he found out that this includes a reduction in billions of billions of subsidies for electric vehicles.
In the past few days, the President has held back on the law despite Musk’s escalating attacks and was asked by journalists for the first time about the controversy at an appointment with Germany’s chancellor Friedrich Merz. Musk temporarily became a close confidante of Trump, who commissioned him to cut government spending. At the end of May, Musk withdrew from Washington. When he said goodbye, he referred to a 130-day period for external government employees. (APA/dpa)
