The spat between President Trump and Elon Musk has reignited, with Trump taking aim at the Tesla and SpaceX CEO on Truth Social.
“Elon Musk knew, long before he so strongly Endorsed me for President, that I was strongly against the EV Mandate. It is ridiculous, and was always a major part of my campaign. Electric cars are fine, but not everyone should be forced to own one. Elon may get more subsidy than any human being in history, by far, and without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa,” Trump said.
“No more Rocket launches, Satellites, or Electric Car Production, and our Country would save a FORTUNE. Perhaps we should have DOGE take a good, hard, look at this? BIG MONEY TO BE SAVED!!!” he added.
Trump spoke to reporters about Musk before leaving for Florida to visit Alligator Alcatraz.
“He’s upset he’s losing his EV mandate,” Trump said.
“He could lose a lot more than that, I can tell you that right now,” he added.
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"He's upset he's losing his EV mandate, but you know, he could lose a lot more than that, I can tell you that right now." @RealDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/rOP9wHtbsB
— Real America's Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) July 1, 2025
One reporter asked Trump about the possibility of deporting Musk.
“I don’t know. We’ll have to take a look. We might have to put DOGE on Elon. You know what DOGE is? DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon,” Trump responded.
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BREAKING 🚨 President Trump when asked about deporting Elon Musk: “I don’t know. We’ll have to take a look. We might have to put DOGE on Elon. You know what DOGE is? DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon.” pic.twitter.com/DTPhVdrYBP
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) July 1, 2025
Trump’s comments follow Musk making a series of posts criticizing the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill.’
ABC News shared additional details:
President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday his administration will “have to take a look” at deporting Elon Musk after the billionaire reignited the feud with the president over his spending bill.
Musk, a South African national and a naturalized U.S. citizen, made several weekend X posts slamming Republicans over the “Big Beautiful Bill,” arguing that it was adding more debt.
“It is obvious with the insane spending of this bill, which increases the debt ceiling by a record FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS that we live in a one-party country – the PORKY PIG PARTY!!,” Musk posted Monday afternoon.
Trump pushed back with a Truth Social post early Tuesday claiming Tesla CEO Musk was upset about the bill eliminating the electric vehicle (EV) mandate and that “Elon would have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa.”
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Musk also vowed to primary Congress members who campaigned on reducing government spending and vote for the legislation.
“Every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing government spending and then immediately voted for the biggest debt increase in history should hang their head in shame! And they will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth,” Musk said.
Every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing government spending and then immediately voted for the biggest debt increase in history should hang their head in shame!
And they will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 30, 2025
“Anyone who campaigned on the PROMISE of REDUCING SPENDING , but continues to vote on the BIGGEST DEBT ceiling increase in HISTORY will see their face on this poster in the primary next year,” he added.
Anyone who campaigned on the PROMISE of REDUCING SPENDING , but continues to vote on the BIGGEST DEBT ceiling increase in HISTORY will see their face on this poster in the primary next year pic.twitter.com/w13Qkm2e1A
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 1, 2025
Musk also indicated he would support Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY).
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 1, 2025
Trump's team has launched an effort to primary Massie in the midterm elections.
WATCH: Pro-Trump Super PAC Releases $1 Million Ad Targeting Rep. Thomas Massie
USA TODAY noted:
Musk responded to Trump in a post on X about 30 minutes later. "I am literally saying CUT IT ALL. Now," he wrote.
Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and a former top White House adviser, has pointed to the bill's projections to raise the national debt by $3.3 trillion over the next decade as the reason for his hostility. But Trump has claimed Musk only opposes the bill because the legislation would end a program under former President Joe Biden that offers consumer tax credit for buyers of electric vehicles.
On his first day in office, Trump took executive action to end the so-called "electric vehicle mandate," Trump's phrase for a Environmental Protection Agency rule that required auto manufacturers to cut greenhouse gas emissions by half in new light- and medium-duty vehicles beginning in 2027.
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