- Trump rules out the idea of talking to Musk again.
- He says that “he is not even thinking about Elon.”
- The White House says there are no call plans.
Washington: The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has said that Elon Musk has “lost his head” as the public consequences between the two powerful men become deeper.
Once the nearby allies, the couple now exchanges insults after Musk criticized Trump's massive expenses bill. Trump replied sharply, saying that he was no longer interested in talking to the billionaire.
His rupture has shocked Washington, with tensions that rise rapidly and both parties do not show signs of support.
The abrasive public break between the richest person in the world and the most powerful in the world is full of political and economic risks in general.
Trump had discarded the idea of a call with Musk and was even thinking of leaving the Red Tesla that he bought at the heyday of his joke, White House officials said to the AFP.
But Trump told the emitters that he now wanted to concentrate on spending his “big and beautiful” mega-boilet, whose hard criticism of Musk had caused his break.
But the 78 -year -old Republican could not help aiming his friend born in South Africa turned into an enemy.
“Do you mean the man who has lost his head?” Trump said in a call with ABC when asked about Musk, adding that “he was not particularly” interested in talking with the tycoon.
Later, Trump told Fox News that Musk had “lost it”, while CNN quoted the president saying: “I'm not even thinking about Elon … the poor guy has a problem.”
Just a week ago, Trump gave Musk a brilliant shipment when he left his cost of the Government Efficiency Department (Doge) after four months working there.
'Very disappointed'
But although there were reports of tensions, the great speed at which his relationship impliated surprised Washington.
After Musk called Trump's expense bill as “abomination” on Tuesday, Trump responded on Thursday a diatribe of the Oval office in which he said he was “very disappointed” by the tycoon.
Trump's expense bill faces a difficult path through Congress, as the American deficit will increase, while critics say they will reduce medical attention to millions of poorer Americans.
The row later became nuclear, with Musk throwing insults to Trump and accusing him without evidence of being in government archives about the financial and sexual dealer Jeffrey Epstein.
Trump responded with the power of the United States Government behind him, saying that he could cancel the contracts of rocket and multimillionaire satellite of the Head of Spacex.
The right -wing technological baron apparently tried to decline.
Musk withdrew a threat to discard his company's Dragon spacecraft, vital to transport NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
And on Friday, the generally Garulous poster maintained a low social media profile in its social network X.
But the White House denied the reports that they would talk.
“The president does not intend to talk to Musk today,” said a senior White House official at the AFP. A second official said Musk had requested a call.
Tesla draw?
Tesla's shares collapsed more than 14 percent on Thursday in the middle of the row, losing about $ 100 billion of the company's market value, but partly recovering on Friday.
Trump is now considering selling or giving the Tesla Red Cherry that announced that he had bought at the Musk firm in March.
The electric vehicle was still parked on the White House land on Friday. “He is thinking about that, yes,” said a senior White House official at the AFP when asked if Trump would sell or give it away.
Trump and Musk had posed inside the car in a strange event in March, when the president turned the White House into an emerging exhibition hall of Tesla after viral protests against the role of Muge de Musk.
But although Trump seemed to have many of the cards in his row, Musk also has some to play.
His richness allowed him to be Trump's largest donor for his 2024 campaign, for a sum of almost $ 300 million. Any additional support for the intermediate works of 2026 now appears in doubt, while Musk could also use his money to undermine Trump's support to the right.
