President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 30. (AP Photo)
ABC News reported that Trump made it categorically clear that he was “not particularly” interested in talking to him right now. The US president also said that Musk wants to talk to him, but he’s not ready to talk to him. “I’m not particularly interested in talking to him,” Donald Trump said, adding, “He’s a man who has lost his mind.”
In another statement to CNN Trump said, “I’m not even thinking about Elon. He’s got a problem. The poor guy’s got a problem.”
Earlier today, reports had also surfaced from the White House that the latest breakup casualty of Donald Trump’s fallout with Elon Musk could be his shiny red Tesla. The $80,000 EV, he once proudly bought “at full price” from none other than his former ‘special advisor’ Elon Musk, is now reportedly on the market after his full-blown public brawl with the tech billionaire.
Trump Vs Elon Musk
The feud began when Musk criticised Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which is a major tax and spending plan, calling it “disgusting” and blaming it for increasing the federal deficit. Trump then accused Musk of going against him because of proposed cuts to electric vehicle subsidies. Musk denied the claim.
Later, the tech billionaire accused Trump of being named in the sealed Jeffrey Epstein files. “Time to drop the really big bomb: Donald Trump is in the Epstein files,” he posted on X. “That is the real reason they have not been made public.”
He also endorsed a message from right-wing commentator Ian Miles Cheong that read, “President vs Elon. Who wins? My money’s on Elon. Trump should be impeached and JD Vance should replace him.” Musk replied to the post, writing, “Yes.”
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that Elon Musk’s Epstein post “is an unfortunate episode from Elon, who is unhappy with the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ because it does not include the policies he wanted.”
