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Bloomberg
01-07-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Donald Trump, Elon Musk Fallout Deepens
Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss the clashes between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Plus, the Tesla CEO will oversee sales in Europe and the US as investors brace for disappointing delivery numbers in the second quarter. And, Apple considers using outside AI from Anthropic or OpenAI to power Siri.
News24
09-06-2025
- Business
- News24
‘Elon is sticking to his principles': Musk's father says Trump dispute triggered by stress
The clash between Donald Trump and Elon Musk intensified after Musk criticised the president's tax and spending bill, sparking a heated social media exchange. Errol Musk, Elon's father, highlighted the intense stress both sides faced over months and urged for an end to the public battle. Trump warned of 'serious consequences' should Musk support Democrats, despite Musk's prior financial backing of Trump's 2024 campaign and collaboration on downsising government operations. The dispute between Donald Trump and Elon Musk was triggered by months of intense stress on both sides, and the public battle between the US president and the billionaire donor needs to stop, Musk's father told Reuters on Monday. Trump and Musk began exchanging insults last week on social media, with the Tesla and SpaceX CEO describing the president's sweeping tax and spending bill as a "disgusting abomination". Asked whether he thought his son had made a mistake by engaging in a public clash with the president, Errol Musk said people were sometimes unable to think as clearly as they should "in the heat of the moment." "They've had five months of intense stress," Musk told Reuters at a conference in Moscow organised by conservative Russian tycoons. "With all the opposition cleared and two people left in the arena, all they have ever done is get rid of everything and now they are trying to get rid of each other - well that has to stop." Asked how it would end, he said: Oh, it will end on a good note - very soon. Neither the White House nor Musk could be reached for comment outside normal US business hours. Trump said on Saturday his relationship with Musk was over and that there would be "serious consequences" if the world's richest man decided to fund US Democrats running against Republicans who vote for the tax and spending bill. Musk bankrolled a large part of Trump's 2024 presidential campaign. Trump named Musk to head an effort to downsize the federal workforce and slash spending. Musk's father told reporters he was standing by his son. "Elon is sticking to his principles but you cannot always stick to your principles in the real world," Musk's father said. "Sometimes you have to give and take." Speaking beside sanctioned Russian businessman Konstantin Malofeyev, Musk's father praised President Vladimir Putin as a "very stable and pleasant man." He accused "fake media" in the West of projecting "complete nonsense" about Russia and for casting it as an enemy.
Yahoo
08-06-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
JD Vance talks Trump-Musk clash, Hendrickson's Bengals contract with Theo Von
Vice President JD Vance weighed in on the clash between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk during an interview on Theo Von's podcast, calling it a "huge mistake" for Musk to go "at war with the world's most powerful man." Speaking on a June 7 episode of Von's podcast, "This Past Weekend," filmed two days earlier at Kid Rock's newest restaurant in Nashville, Von covered a lot of political ground with the Middletown, Ohio, native. The duo caught up from their last conversation seven months ago in October, when Vance was still a U.S. Senator from Ohio running on the Republican ticket alongside Trump. Vance was in Nashville as the featured guest of a Republican National Committee fundraiser, according to USA TODAY Network paper The Tennessean. Von, a stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster from Covington, Louisiana, has regularly featured guests of all kinds on his podcast, including Trump, Morgan Wallen, Mark Zuckerberg, Ben Affleck and others. Here's the highlights from Vance's latest conversation with Von. Joining the ranks of Trump allies out on Sunday shows and in media interviews to advocate for the administration's tax and policy bill, Vance and Von's conversation centered around the more than 1,000-page "big beautiful bill" going through Congress. It didn't take long for Von to address the elephant in the room: the break-up between Trump and Musk. Vance spoke with Von just hours after relations between Trump and Musk, once a close confidant in the White House, crumbled amid a social media firestorm June 5. Musk has been a vocal opponent of the bill, describing it as a "disgusting abomination." Vance, who told Von he had watched the brawl unfold as he was on the plane to Nashville, took time to defend the bill, while also praising Musk for the work he's done in the White House with cutting government spending. "I'm always going to be loyal to the president and I hope that eventually Elon kind of comes back into the fold," Vance said. "Maybe that's not possible now because he's gone so nuclear, but I hope it is." After saying he had not yet seen Musk's accusation claiming Trump is a part of unreleased Jeffrey Epstein files, Vance reacted live to Musk's post with a strong denial. "First of all, absolutely not. Donald Trump didn't do anything wrong with Jeffrey Epstein," Vance said of Epstein, a financier and sex offender whose exploitation of teenage girls and death in a federal prison has given political ammunition to both parties. Vance said the president is frustrated with the criticisms coming from Musk about the spending bill, but Trump doesn't think he needs to be in a "blood feud" with Musk. Von pulled up a viral tweet from U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-KY, criticizing how members of Congress had to vote on the "big beautiful bill" without having enough time to read through its hundreds of pages. Massie's concern with lawmakers voting on the bill without full knowledge of its contents has been echoed by other Republicans nationwide, including U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia. Vance, prefacing his rebuttal by saying Massie and him "get along," said the House of Representatives has another opportunity to review the bill after it goes through the Senate. And, Vance said, Massie and other Republicans have had weeks to review the bill while it was being written. "The idea that people haven't had an opportunity to actually read it is ridiculous," Vance said. "They're in fact going to have to vote on it again before it even becomes law." Closing out the interview with Von, Vance shared his thoughts about the ongoing contract negotiations with Cincinnati Bengals' defensive end Trey Hendrickson. Hendrickson, who led the NFL in sacks last season with 17.5, wants more money from the Bengals and a contract extension. Vance said the Bengals paying Hendrickson what he wants is worth the money and a factor in leading the team to a championship this season. "Trey, if you're watching this show: If you're a Republican, I will show up to a Bengals game and take a photo with you if you sign on with the Bengals," Vance joked. "And if you're a Democrat, I'll stay the hell away. Just sign with the Bengals, because we've got a chance, man." This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: JD Vance talks Trump-Musk feud, Trey Hendrickson in Theo Von podcast
CNN
07-06-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Democrats Set Out to Study Male Voters With
Democrats Set Out to Study Male Voters With "Sam Project' Smerconish on CNN 44 mins Ilyse Hogue, co-founder of Speaking with American Men Project, argues that men support progressive policies but feel abandoned by the Democratic Party. And, CNN Michael Smerconish breaks down the battle royale between two of the most powerful men on the planet. Plus, Jeffrey Sonnefeld, founder of Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute, predicts the recent clash between Trump and Musk will hurt Musk more.
Khaleej Times
06-06-2025
- Business
- Khaleej Times
Trump-Musk feud: From "bromance" to a social media brawl; when did it all begin?
US President Donald Trump and X owner Elon Musk have long been close allies, with their bond or "bromance" serving as amusement to many social media users. Their affection for each other has now taken a sharp turn into an all-out clash, both using social media as their tools in a tit-for-tat exchange. So, when did it all begin? Trump's "big, beautiful" bill apparently wasn't just so beautiful to Musk. He criticised it, calling it a "disgusting abomination" on the basis that the tax-cut and spending would add even more to the nation's debt, which already reaches a staggering $36.2 trillion. In response, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office he was "very disappointed" in Musk. "Look, Elon and I had a great relationship. I don't know if we will anymore," Trump said. Trump has also said that Musk's opposition to the bill was because of the elimination of consumer tax credits for electric vehicles. However, Musk has maintained that he does not mind cuts to the EV credits as long as Republicans rid the bill of wasteful spending. The X owner and the US President have harnessed their usual platforms to snub each other. Trump has claimed that he asked Musk to leave as the Tesla owner was "wearing thin". "I took away his EV Mandate that forced everyone to buy electric cars that nobody else wanted, and he just went crazy!", Trump posted on Truth Social. Meanwhile, Musk hit back, posting on X that the "real reason the Epstein files have not been made public" are because Trump is in them. "Have a nice day, DJT!", Elon quipped. Musk has also responded "Yes" to a post on X that said Trump should be impeached and called out the US President's "ingratitude". "Without me, Trump would have lost the election," wrote Musk, who spent nearly $300 million backing Trump and other Republicans in last year's election. Trump meanwhile, took a dig at Elon's space businesses, suggesting that "the easiest way to save money in the budget — billions and billions of dollars — is to terminate Elon's governmental subsidies and contracts." "I was always surprised that Biden didn't do it!", Trump added. Musk, who owns SpaceX, said the company would "begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately" in light of Trump's statement, which would be a big blow to US space aspirations. Dragon is the only US spacecraft capable of sending astronauts to the International Space Station. The world is watching closely as these two men, both with loud opinions, clash. As the feud unfolds, conveniently written out on social media, it is yet to see how this will impact the White House, and US politics.
