President Donald Trump has said that he has “no intention” of speaking to Elon Musk following their public blowup over the Republican spending package up for debate in Congress.
“I’m too busy doing other things,” Trump told NBC News on Saturday. “I have no intention of speaking to him.”
“I think it’s a very bad thing, because he’s very disrespectful. You could not disrespect the office of the president,” he added.
Trump also said that Musk will face “serious consequences” if he chooses to use his significant wealth to fund Democrats. Musk’s opposition to the spending bill could lead the billionaire to fund challengers to Republicans who voted for it.
“If he does, he’ll have to pay the consequences for that,” Trump told NBC News.
Musk initially shared the post on Thursday as the spat between him and the president exploded. The billionaire also suggested that Trump should be impeached.
“The Epstein Files” is a phrase used to describe information that U.S. authorities hold on the disgraced financier and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
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Key Points
- Trump says he's still considering cutting Musk's government subsidies, but "only if its fair"
- Trump-Musk friendship goes from meteoric rise to epic meltdown in under a year
- Kash Patel has live mid-interview ‘WTF’ moment on Joe Rogan as he learns of Trump vs. Musk
- 'The Trump and Musk spat is turning them both into billion-dollar losers in every way'
- Recap: How the Musk and Trump war of words exploded on social media
Donald Trump arrives at a UFC event shortly after sending the National Guard to crush anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles
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Graig Graziosi
Shortly after the White House issued a statement confirming that it was deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen to break up the anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles, President Donald Trump made an appearance at UFC 316 in Newark, New Jersey.
.@POTUS IN THE HOUSE AT #UFC316 pic.twitter.com/SUgLDOOeNG
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 8, 2025
WATCH: Trump defends decision to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to US to face charges
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Gustaf Kilander
Republicans call for an end to Trump-Musk feud: ‘I hope it doesn’t distract us’
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Gustaf Kilander
Seung Min Kim and Chris Megerian write:
As the Republican Party anticipates potential fallout from Donald Trump's public dispute with Elon Musk, prominent lawmakers and conservative voices are calling for reconciliation, wary of the repercussions of a sustained conflict.
The animosity between the two figures could pose challenges for the Republican agenda, particularly concerning tax and border spending legislation championed by Trump but criticised by Musk.
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White House confirms Trump is sending 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles to squash anti-ICE protests
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Graig Graziosi
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that President Donald Trump is deploying National Guard troops to Los Angeles to arrest anti-ICE demonstrators.
Her full statement appears below:
“In recent days, violent mobs have attacked ICE Officers and Federal Law Enforcement Agents carrying out basic deportation operations in Los Angeles, California. These operations are essential to halting and reversing the invasion of illegal criminals into the United States. In the wake of this violence, California’s feckless Democrat leaders have completely abdicated their responsibility to protect their citizens. That is why President Trump has signed a Presidential Memorandum deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen to address the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester. The Trump Administration has a zero tolerance policy for criminal behavior and violence, especially when that violence is aimed at law enforcement officers trying to do their jobs. These criminals will be arrested and swiftly brought to justice. The Commander-in-Chief will ensure the laws of the United States are executed fully and completely.”
Trump threatens to use the federal government to "solve the problem" of anti-ICE protests in California
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Graig Graziosi
Donald Trump broke his silence on the ongoing protests in Los Angeles against ICE agents who carried out a massive raid in the city this weekend.
The president threatened to use the power of the federal government to “solve the problem” in the city if Governor Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass “can’t do their jobs.”
Business Comment: The Trump and Musk spat is turning them both into billion-dollar losers in every way
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Gustaf Kilander
Chris Blackhurst writes:
The boys are going at it. Like two heavies in the playground, the once richest man on Earth and one who thinks he is the most powerful are locked in a scrap. It’s a bloke thing. Not long ago, the former bros used to spark off each other, rib each other while jointly belittling everyone else. Now the jocks, Elon Musk and Donald Trump, are grappling and so closely entwined were they and the organisations they lead, there can be no winner.
It’s possible that peace may prevail, but for how long? They’ve repeatedly raised the ante, which in male lore means backing down and letting bygones be bygones will be difficult.
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Trump’s border czar says he’s sending National Guard to fight LA anti-ICE protests as clashes continue into second day
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Graig Graziosi
President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, said he plans to send the National Guard to Los Angeles to combat protests against ICE that began this weekend following immigration raids in the city.
“We are making Los Angeles safer. Mayor Bass should be thanking us. She says they are going to mobilize—guess what? We are already mobilizing. We are going to bring the National Guard in tonight,” Homan told Fox News.
His comments come after Senior White House adviser Stephen Miller railed against the protests, calling them an “insurrection” against the United States.
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Musk could lose billions of dollars depending on how spat with Trump unfolds
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AP
The world’s richest man could lose billions in his fight with world’s most powerful politician.
The feud between Elon Musk and Donald Trump could mean Tesla’s plans for self-driving cars hit a roadblock, SpaceX flies fewer missions for NASA, Starlink gets fewer overseas satellite contracts and the social media platform X loses advertisers.
Maybe, that is. It all depends on Trump’s appetite for revenge and how the dispute unfolds.
Joked Telemetry Insight auto analyst Sam Abuelsamid, “Since Trump has no history of retaliating against perceived adversaries, he’ll probably just let this pass.”
Turning serious, he sees trouble ahead for Musk.
“For someone that rants so much about government pork, all of Elon’s businesses are extremely dependent on government largesse, which makes him vulnerable.”
Trump and the federal government also stand to lose from a long-running dispute, but not as much as Musk.
Obama’s doctor says Biden’s physician should have given him cognitive tests
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Graig Graziosi
Former President Joe Biden's doctor should have given him more cognitive tests, according to the doctor of former President Barack Obama.
Jeffrey Kuhlman, who served as Obama's doctor between 2009 and 2013, told the New York Post on Saturday that Biden and any politician over the age of 70 should be given "a few hours" of annual mental exams that should be accessible to the public.
“My position is that a 78-year-old candidate, Trump at the time, an 82-year-old president [Biden] would both benefit from neurocognitive testing,” Kuhlman said.
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Elon Musk shares smile emoji in response to photo suggesting he's torn apart U.S. politics
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Graig Graziosi
A poster on X shared a meme suggesting that Elon Musk’s effect on U.S. politics was akin to a dog tearing apart a living room, with the Tesla CEO playing the role of the dog.
Musk responded to the post with a smiling emoji, seemingly approving of his role as an unelected and divisive force in the nation’s political landscape.
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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 7, 2025
Editorial: Donald Trump was wrong – Ukraine still holds some cards
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The Independent
Donald Trump has been shown to be wrong, wrong and wrong again about Vladimir Putin. He was wrong again when he was asked if Ukraine’s “Spiderweb” drone strikes against Russian bombers had changed his view of the cards the Ukrainians have: “They gave Putin a reason to go and bomb the hell out of them,” he said.
This is the same logic to which President Trump has cleaved from the start: that the Ukrainian people provoked the full-scale invasion of their country by wanting to be an independent nation facing to the west.
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Trump's tanks for his military parade arrive in Washington, D.C.
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Graig Graziosi
Tanks headed to Washington, D.C. ahead of the president’s Flag Day military parade were spotted on a train on Friday.
Tanks, fighting vehicles and howitzers arrive in Washington, D.C. ahead of next week's military parade. They departed from Texas on June 2. pic.twitter.com/J3XMILQJBa
— Benjamin Alvarez (@BenjAlvarez1) June 7, 2025
WATCH: Bill Maher says winner of Trump v Musk faces Blake Lively
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Gustaf Kilander
Musk may indeed have won Trump the election. But his Wisconsin cheesehead humiliation proved he’d lost the juice
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Gustaf Kilander
Io Dodds writes:
At Waterloo, Napoleon rode to his defeat wearing the fetching forest green uniform of a light cavalry colonel and his signature bicorne chapeau. In Wisconsin, Elon Musk rocked up in a novelty cheesehead hat.
Dramatic? Okay, maybe a tad. The tech mogul's disorderly rout in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election this April, after splashing nearly $20 million on the race, was not Musk’s final defeat. Even now, amid the glowing ruins of his thermonuclear exchange of views with his erstwhile bestie Donald Trump, it would be unwise to count him out.
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Polling on Elon Musk glaring red light for Republicans
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Gustaf Kilander
Even as Elon Musk and President Donald Trump no longer appear to be on speaking terms, the Tesla CEO’s popularity among the Republican base is on the rise, according to polling.
Trump and Musk’s friendly relationship came to a dazzling end on Thursday as their disagreement over the Republicans’ spending package went into full bloom.
Musk called the bill, which significantly increases the deficit, a “disgusting abomination.” Trump said his former friend had gone “crazy” as Musk called for his impeachment and removal and claimed that the president is included in the “Epstein Files.” He later deleted that post.
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Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster responds after receiving devastating health department grade
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Gustaf Kilander
The general manager of the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster claims a bad health inspection was politically motivated.
An inspector from the Somerset County Department of Health gave the private New Jersey club a 32 out of 100 health score on May 6 — the lowest in the county, which includes about 115 retail food establishments.
This inspection yielded a C rating, citing 18 violations, including the improper separation of raw meats from ready-to-eat foods, and identified contamination risks.
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‘Okay, wow’: JD Vance reacts to Trump and Musk feud after seeing Elon’s Epstein tweet
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Zack Palomo
JD Vance broke his silence on the feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk during an interview with comedian Theo Von.
The president and the world’s richest man had a public falling out last week after Musk began criticizing Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” calling it a “disgusting abomination” in a June 3 post to X.
Musk later escalated the tensions after claiming that Trump appeared in the still-sealed Jeffrey Epstein files, and that was the reason they had yet to be released.
Trump has since fired back at Musk from his Truth Social platform, threatening to cut the former DOGE head’s government contracts.
During a guest appearance on “This Past Weekend with Theo Von” that aired on Saturday (June 7), the vice president was shown the Epstein tweet and claimed it was his first time seeing it.
“First of all, absolutely not, Donald Trump didn’t do anything wrong with Jeffrey Epstein,” Vance said.
He added that he hopes Musk will eventually ‘come back into the fold,’ but admitted that he wasn’t sure if it was possible now.
Bill Maher compares Musk-Trump feud to Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni legal drama
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Gustaf Kilander
Bill Maher has waded in on the rift that has emerged between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, comparing it to Blake Lively’s headline-grabbing, It Ends With Us legal drama.
Musk and Trump’s close relationship imploded this week as the tech mogul, after resigning from his White House role, publicly denounced the president’s flagship spending bill and accused him of ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
The fallout was always going to be top of the order for Real Time with Bill Maher.
“When you think about it, the richest man in the world and the most powerful man in the world, it’s like Godzilla versus King Kong, if Godzilla was on ketamine and King Kong had a comb over,” the comedian said on Friday’s episode.
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Katie Miller, Stephen Miller’s wife, in a ‘tricky situation’ after Musk and Trump’s falling out
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Gustaf Kilander
Katie Miller, the wife of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, recently departed from the Trump administration to work for Elon Musk, days before the spectacular falling out between President Donald Trump and the billionaire.
The 33-year-old Miller was one of Musk’s first hires as he established the Department of Government Efficiency and began reducing the federal workforce. She left the administration alongside him last week. Like Musk, she was designated as a “special government employee” during her time in government, which allowed her to work for Musk and Trump, as well as in the private sector, simultaneously.
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Yemen's al-Qaida branch leader threatens Trump, Musk and others
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Gustaf Kilander
Jon Gambrell writes:
The leader of al-Qaida's Yemen branch has threatened both U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip in his first video message since taking over the group last year.
The half-hour video message by Saad bin Atef al-Awlaki, which spread online early Saturday via supporters of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, also included calls for lone-wolf militants to assassinate leaders in Egypt, Jordan and the Gulf Arab states over the war, which has decimated Gaza.
The video of al-Awlaki's speech showed images of Trump and Musk, as well as U.S. Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of State Pete Hegseth. It also included images of logos of Musk's businesses, including the electric carmaker Tesla.
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House DOGE caucus leader says ‘everybody knew’ Elon Musk was exaggerating his cost-cutting achievements
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Gustaf Kilander
Elon Musk was exaggerating the achievements of the Department of Government Efficiency, and “most everybody” on Capitol Hill knew it, a GOP lawmaker has said.
Republican U.S. Rep. Blake Moore told reporters that, behind the scenes, many were skeptical about the bold claims of the world’s richest man.
"Most everybody knew Elon was exaggerating what he could do," Moore of Utah told reporters outside the Capitol on Thursday. "He was claiming to find $4 billion a day in cuts he was going to get. One time, he said $2 trillion, he was going to find."
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Trump and Musk’s spectacular split minute-by-minute: How president and First Buddy’s friendship unraveled online
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Gustaf Kilander
Just last week, President Donald Trump was handing his friend and close aide Elon Musk a golden key to the White House, praising the work the tech billionaire had done for the administration.
“Elon gave an incredible service. There’s nobody like him,” Trump said in a joint press conference with Musk last week.
That press conference was to mark the end of Musk’s time as a special government advisor, leading the Department of Government Efficiency.
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Why Trump and Musk’s spectacular feud could be a disaster for space travel
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Gustaf Kilander
Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s spectacular fallout could have catastrophic consequences for the future of space travel.
The two men – the president and the person who previously referred to himself as the “first buddy” – have been engaged in a high-profile fight that has seen them make a host of threats and allegations about each other in public.
Many of those comments relate to their personal character and history. But one of the more substantial moments came when Mr Trump appeared to suggest he could cancel Mr Musk’s government contracts.
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Trump says Musk to face 'serious consequences' if he funds Democrats
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Gustaf Kilander
Trump told NBC News in an interview that Musk will face “serious consequences” if he chooses to use his significant wealth to fund Democrats.
Musk’s opposition to the Republican spending bill up for debate in Congress could lead the billionaire to fund challengers to Republicans who voted for it.
“If he does, he’ll have to pay the consequences for that,” Trump told NBC News in a phone interview.
“He’ll have to pay very serious consequences if he does that,” the president added.
Trump told the network he has no intention of trying to repair the relationship.
“I would assume so, yeah,” he said when asked if his relationship with Musk was over.
“I have no intention of speaking to him,” said Trump.
“I think it’s a very bad thing, because he’s very disrespectful. You could not disrespect the office of the President,” he added.
He also rejected the allegation from Musk that he’s in the “Epstein Files.”
“That’s called ‘old news,’ that’s been old news, that has been talked about for years,” Trump told NBC News on Saturday. “Even Epstein’s lawyer said I had nothing to do with it. It’s old news.”
Trump claimed that Musk’s criticism of the spending package has allowed Republican lawmakers to see the benefits of the legislation.
“I think, actually, Elon brought out the strengths of the bill because people that weren’t as focused started focusing on it, and they see how good it is,” said Trump. “So in that sense, there was a big favor. But I think Elon, really, I think it’s a shame that he’s so depressed and so heartbroken.”
WATCH: Trump defends decision to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to US to face charges
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Gustaf Kilander
JD Vance breaks his silence on Trump and Musk feud after seeing Elon’s Epstein tweet during Theo Von interview
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Gustaf Kilander
Vice President JD Vance’s first reaction to Elon Musk’s Trump-Epstein tweet was caught Thursday on Theo Von’s podcast.
On the “This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von,” episode released Saturday, Von showed Vance one of the most viral tweets from the pair’s feud, in which the Tesla CEO claimed, “@realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public.”
“Ok, wow. I haven’t even seen this one,” Vance said, explaining he was on a plane amid Musk and Trump’s online exchanges.
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Republicans call for an end to Trump-Musk feud: ‘I hope it doesn’t distract us’
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Gustaf Kilander
Seung Min Kim and Chris Megerian write:
As the Republican Party anticipates potential fallout from Donald Trump's public dispute with Elon Musk, prominent lawmakers and conservative voices are calling for reconciliation, wary of the repercussions of a sustained conflict.
The animosity between the two figures could pose challenges for the Republican agenda, particularly concerning tax and border spending legislation championed by Trump but criticised by Musk.
Representative Dan Newhouse, a Republican from Washington, expressed hope that the disagreement would not impede progress on critical tasks.
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Stephen King puts the Trump and Musk feud into perspective with one scathing question
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Gustaf Kilander
The acclaimed author Stephen King has issued a blistering critique of the ongoing feud between US president Donald Trump and his former ally, Elon Musk.
This week, the two former allies bitterly fell out with each sharing strong accusations against the other on social media.
Musk, who infamously invested millions into Trump’s campaign and quickly dubbed himself “first buddy,” became the head of the Department of Government Efficiency. The department was tasked with slashing the federal budget. However, Musk soon found himself ousted from the president’s inner circle after clashing with Trump over his proposed spending bill.
Greg Evans has the story:
Musk was Trump’s tweeter-in-chief. Now he’s using X against him
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Gustaf Kilander
James Liddell and Alicja Hagopian write:
Elon Musk’s X profile is like a window into his psyche: an inescapable stream of consciousness where impulsive tweets reveal his unfiltered thoughts and shifting moods.
Musk harnessed his social media platform to propel Donald Trump to the White House, feeding anti-Democrat content and election conspiracy theories to his followers. Now Musk is turning that same platform – home to nearly 600 million monthly users – against him.
After posting earlier in the week that Trump’s signature budget policy was a “disgusting abomination” that will “drive America into debt slavery”, the billionaire is openly taunting Trump on X, even calling for his impeachment.
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Elon Musk deletes tweet claiming Trump was in 'the Epstein Files'
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Gustaf Kilander
Elon Musk has deleted his tweet in which he claimed that Donald Trump is in “the Epstein Files.”
Musk initially shared the post on Thursday as the spat between him and the president exploded over a disagreement over Trump’s congressional spending bill.
The billionaire also suggested that Trump should be impeached.
“The Epstein Files” is a phrase used to describe information that U.S. authorities hold on the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender who died in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019.
By Saturday morning, Musk’s post alleging Trump is in the files had been removed.
