
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump threatened to cut
Elon Musk’s government contracts as their fractured alliance rapidly escalated
into a public feud Thursday.
Hours after Trump lamented his breakup with Musk and said he
was “disappointed” in his former backer and adviser and Musk responded on
social media, Trump escalated the feud by threatening to use the U.S.
government to hurt Musk’s bottom line.
“The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and
Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and
Contracts,” Trump wrote on his social media network. “I was always surprised
that Biden didn’t do it!”