Trump, Musk feud explodes with threats of cutting contracts, backing impeachment

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Trump, Musk feud explodes with threats of cutting contracts, backing impeachment
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'Without me, Trump would have lost the election. Such ingratitude,' writes Musk, who also now says the US President should be impeached

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“The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts,” Trump posted on Truth Social. Trump broke his silence on Thursday, telling reporters in the Oval Office he was “very disappointed” in Musk.As Trump spoke, Musk responded in real time with increasingly acerbic posts on X.

Musk, whose space business plays a critical role in the US government’s space program, said that as a result of Trump’s threats he would begin decommissioning SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft. Dragon is the only US spacecraft capable of sending astronauts to the International Space Station.The feud was not entirely unexpected.

After serving as the biggest Republican donor in the 2024 campaign season, Musk became one of Trump’s most visible advisers as head of the Department of Government Efficiency, which mounted a sweeping and controversial effort to downsize the federal workforce and slash spending. Nonpartisan analysts say Trump’s bill could add $2.4 trillion to $5 trillion to the nation’s $36.2 trillion in debt.

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