• Trump posted a threat on his social media site, saying: The easiest way to save money in our budget, billions and billions of dollars, is to end government support for Elon and his contracts.
• If Trump directs government agencies against Musk, the tech billionaire will feel the pain as Tesla's stock price fell by 14 percent on Thursday.
• But Musk also has nearly limitless resources to respond, including funding his rebellious rivals in next year's elections and the primaries, and he may not win a battle against the entire Trump administration… but he could pay a heavy political price.
• Musk wrote on X: Trump remained in office for three and a half years: but I will stay here for more than 40 years… |