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The White House squashed speculation that Donald Trump and Elon Musk would spot up their stunning nationalist feud, saying the U.S. President had nary plans to telephone his billionaire erstwhile adjutant Friday (June 6, 2025).
Mr. Trump lobbed caller insults astatine the South African-born Mr. Musk a time aft the fiery implosion of their improbable governmental marriage, saying the tech tycoon had "lost his mind."
In a telling awesome of however their narration had deteriorated, the President was adjacent considering selling oregon giving distant a Tesla helium had bought to amusement enactment for Mr. Musk amid protests against the company.
The enactment exploded connected Thursday erstwhile Mr. Trump said helium was "very disappointed" by Mr. Musk and threatened to extremity his authorities contracts, aft his ex-aide criticized the President's flagship fund measure arsenic an "abomination."
Reports had emerged that Mr. Musk and Mr. Trump would talk by telephone connected Friday successful a bid to spot up the damaging nationalist row, but the White House scotched specified speculation.
"The President does not mean to talk to Musk today," a elder White House authoritative told AFP connected information of anonymity erstwhile asked if the feuding brace planned to speak.
Mr. Trump told broadcaster ABC in a telephone telephone earlier Friday that helium was "not peculiarly interested" successful talking to Mr. Musk.
"You mean the antheral who has mislaid his mind?" ABC quoted Mr. Trump arsenic saying.
Mr. Trump, who erstwhile called Mr. Musk a "genius", branded him "crazy" connected societal media connected Thursday.
Fallout
The enactment could person large governmental and economical fallout, arsenic shares successful Mr. Musk's Tesla car institution seesaw and the SpaceX brag vowed that helium would extremity a captious US spaceship program.
The White House called a peculiar gathering connected Thursday to sermon however to grip the situation with Mr. Musk, a authorities root told AFP connected information of anonymity.
Mr. Trump meantime whitethorn ditch the reddish Tesla that helium bought from Mr. Musk's steadfast astatine the tallness of their relationship. The electrical conveyance was inactive parked connected the White House grounds connected Friday.
"He's reasoning astir it, yes," the elder White House authoritative told AFP erstwhile asked if Trump would merchantability oregon springiness distant the Tesla.
Mr. Trump and Mr. Musk had posed wrong the car astatine a bizarre lawsuit successful March, erstwhile the US president turned the White House into a pop-up Tesla showroom aft protests against Musk's authorities relation tanked the steadfast shares.
Speculation had agelong swirled that a narration betwixt 2 large egos similar the president and the tycoon could not past agelong -- but the velocity of the meltdown took Washington by surprise.
Mr. Trump said successful a televised Oval Office diatribe connected Thursday that helium was "very disappointed" aft his erstwhile apical donor criticized his "big, beautiful" spending measure earlier Congress.
The brace past hurled insults astatine each different connected societal media — with Mr. Musk adjacent posting, without proof, that Trump was referenced successful authorities documents connected disgraced financier and enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Published - June 06, 2025 08:59 p.m. IST
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