After open Between US President Donald Trump (78) and his former right hand, Tesla-Thef Elon Musk (53), the two men remain connected in a demonstrative dislike. So Trump is considering “Cnn
“To sell or even give away his Tesla bought in March. At the same time, the US President explained on the phone call with the US news broadcaster:” I don’t even think of Elon. He has a problem. The poor guy has a problem. “
This could be dismissed as a flippant comment by an insulted narcissist. But other statements of Trump show how deep the crack between the two men is. In the Conversation with the US broadcaster NBC
If Trump threatened with “very serious consequences”, Musk should support the Democrats in the upcoming interim elections.
Does Elon Musk change the political camp?
The background to the renewed threat is a proposal for some Democrats to draw Musk on their side in view of the conflict in live mode, even though the party rejects the TechMilliarche because of its austerity in the public service.
The Democrat’s advance could also be due to the fact that Musk is thinking about doing this with his own party Republicans and Democrats: Last week, Musk had asked his followers last week whether it was not time to found a new party that “actually represented 80 percent of the middle”. More than 80.4 percent of the approximately 5.6 million votes submitted affirmed this. The party could be loud “Time” magazine
bear the name “The American Party”. Musk had supported Trump in his election campaign with around $ 300 million.
Is it time to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the Middle?
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2025
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The trigger for the disagreement between Trump and Musk was his campaign against the tax and expenditure law promoted by the US President, which would burden the US state with more than $ 2.3 trillion dollars. Musk, who, as an efficiency representative of the governmental agency, wanted to save Doge billions in the US government apparatus, explained that everyone who votes for the law should be fired.
Trump promptly threatened to withdraw state orders and subsidies. This could be dangerous for the entrepreneur:
According to the “Washington Post”, Musk’s companies hang a total of around $ 38 billion in government programs and state orders. According to Reuters, only for Spaceex Contracts of $ 22 billion. The “New York Times” reports a total of 100 contracts with 17 authorities that Trump can theoretically cancel.
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At the same time, Trump emphasized that he was not interested in kitten his relationship with Musk. On Musk’s claim that the name of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is also the name of Trump, which is why the files would not be published, the US President replied to NBC: “This is called ‘old news’, this is an old talk, it has been talking about it for years. Even Epstein’s lawyer said I have nothing to do with it. It is old.”
Musk in turn wrote “Wall Street Journal
“On X, he would apologize if the full Epstein files were present. Musk has now deleted his discrediting post.
Call for global protests on Musk’s birthday
The protests against Elon Musk continued at the weekend. According to another CNN report
Had the Tesla-Takedown movement
60 demonstrations organized in numerous major cities. The movement had been founded with Musk’s role in the Doge. One of her spokesmen told the broadcaster that “Tesla-Takedown” did not see his task as an end, just because the billionaire had withdrawn from the authority. “It’s not over yet.”
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Demonstration in front of Tesla car dealership: The protests against Elon Musk in the USA also stopped at the weekend. The Tesla-Takedown movement Do not trust the withdrawal of Musk from his government office as a cost killer. For Musk’s birthday at the end of June, she calls for global protests.
Photo: Eduardo Munoz/ Reuters
On its website, the movement for Musk’s birthday on June 28 is calling for global protests. “Sell your Teslas. Sell your shares,” says the movement of the movement. Stopping Musk will help to “save our democracy”. Quite a few supporters of the movement apparently believe that Trump and Musk will find each other again after a phase of cooling.
According to “Time”, many Republican MPs also seem to be convinced. Among other things, the magazine quotes the Republican Jimmy Patronis from Florida with the words: “Elon Musk will not start a new party … Trump knows that you sometimes argue with people who you trust […]. This happens to us in Washington.
Nevertheless: At the height of the publicly held feud of the two men, the Tesla share was In the middle of last week broken down in two digits. More than $ 150 billion of the car manufacturer was eradicated within one day.
The stock has been on the downturn for a long time. Tesla is fighting with massive sales problems, especially in Europe, the former market dominance of the car maker is increasingly eroding because competitors catch up and win market shares. Observers also attribute the crash in the sales to annoyed consumers who massively disapprov the Musks political commitment with racist trains.