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Trump is looking to set the record straight on his stance on Elon Musk's companies. The president said he wanted Elon's businesses to "thrive."
In the latest twist in their ongoing feud, Trump is doing a total 180 on his recent suggestion to axe Musk's federal contracts.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk's on-again, off-again bromance has seen everything from awkward praise, to public spats – and it hit another dramatic twist after their high-profile fallout in June, when Musk suddenly stepped down from his controversial post as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he wouldn't touch the federal subsidies Elon Musk's companies were enjoying because he wanted Musk to continue to prosper. "The 'subsidies' he's talking about simply do not exist," Musk wrote in an X post on the same day.
Donald Trump denied he was seeking to ruin the business empire of his onetime ally Elon Musk as retribution for their dispute over the US president’s signature tax law.
Elon Musk's companies have benefited from government contracts, including SpaceX through its relationships with the Pentagon and NASA.
President Donald Trump on Thursday is set to sign more executive orders and visit the Federal Reserve. Trump's trip to the central bank's headquarters comes amid his relentless criticism of Fed Chair Jerome Powell over interest rates and over the massive renovation project at the Fed.
Elon Musk and Donald Trump joined forces before the 2024 presidential election to help each other out. Trump needed Musk’s money to buy votes and Musk needed Trump to decimate the federal government while making sure contracts with his own companies remained untouched.
President Trump said Thursday he has no interest in stripping Elon Musk-owned companies of billions in federal money — adding that he wants the former “first buddy” to