#TrumpVsMusk
Trump apni Tesla bechne wale hain, White House ka kehna hai — Musk ke saath unki ladai dono ke liye risky ho sakti hai
President Trump ab apni Tesla bech rahe hain aur Elon Musk ko call karne ka koi plan nahi hai, do Trump administration officials ne Friday ko bataya. Thursday ko unki online jhagdalu takraar ke baad, dono hi — jo ek dusre par insults aur threats barsa rahe the — kaafi kuch daav par lag gaya hai.
Ek White House official ne, naam na batane ki shart par (kyunki wo publicly bolne ke liye authorised nahi the), kaha ki President ne decide kiya hai ki wo apni red Tesla, jo unhone March mein kharidi thi, ab bech denge.
Mr. Trump ne ye Tesla isliye kharidi thi taaki wo Musk ko support kar sakein, jab Musk ko administration mein role ke liye backlash mil raha tha. Lekin officials ke mutabik, Trump ko Musk se interact karne mein koi khaas interest nahi tha — even jab Musk ne hint diya ki wo ladayi ko thoda calm down karne ke liye open hain.
Thursday raat, Mr. Musk ne apna SpaceX ke Dragon spacecraft ko “immediately” decommission karne ka threat wapas le liya. Ye wahi spacecraft hai jo NASA ke astronauts aur supplies ko International Space Station tak le jaata hai. Thodi der baad, jab billionaire investor Bill Ackman ne social media par likha ki "dono ko desh ke hit mein peace bana leni chahiye", to Musk ne reply diya: “You’re not wrong.”
Musk ke liye, Trump ke saath lambi ladai kaafi mehngi pad sakti hai. Unki companies, jaise SpaceX, ko government se billion dollars ke contracts mile hain, aur aur bhi milne wale the. Lekin Thursday ko Trump ne dhamki di ki wo ye contracts khatam kar sakte hain.
Trump ke liye bhi ye feud risky hai. Elon Musk — duniya ke sabse ameer aadmi — ne 2024 mein Trump ko elect karwane mein approx $275 million spend kiya tha. Unhone 2026 midterms se pehle Trump ki team ke under aane wale groups ko $100 million dene ka vaada bhi kiya tha. Ab tak ye paise mile nahi hain, aur ab lagta hai ki wo bhi doubtful ho gaye hain.