Trump’s deportation warning to Elon Musk: ‘Close up store and transfer again to South Africa’

Trump’s warning comes as amid the feud between him and Musk because of the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

“Elon Musk knew, long before he so strongly Endorsed me for President, that I was strongly against the EV Mandate. It is ridiculous, and was always a major part of my campaign. Electric cars are fine, but not everyone should be forced to own one. Elon may get more subsidy than any human being in history, by far, and without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

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“No more Rocket launches, Satellites, or Electric Car Production, and our Country would save a FORTUNE. Perhaps we should have DOGE take a good, hard, look at this? BIG MONEY TO BE SAVED!!!” he added additional.

Elon Musk’s public break up with Donald Trump started in early June, when Musk criticised Trump’s “OneBigBeautifulBill” finances and spending laws as a “disgusting abomination,” objecting to its ballooning deficit and cuts to EV tax credit.

More just lately, the tech mogul issued contemporary hits towards the Trump administration by referring to the large lovely invoice as “completely insane.” Furthermore, Musk additionally floated the concept of beginning a 3rd political occasion because of American dissatisfaction with Republicans and Democrats.  

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Trump, who had made Musk the pinnacle of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), responded sharply—first expressing disappointment within the Oval Office, then by way of Truth Social threatening to terminate billions in authorities contracts and subsidies for Musk’s firms.

In retaliation, Elon Musk accused Donald Trump of ingratitude—publicly noting that with out his assist, Trump “would have misplaced the election”—and even floated impeachment on X, whereas hinting he may decommission SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft utilized by NASA. The feud escalated when Musk claimed Trump is in Epstein information, an allegation later withdrawn by the Tesla boss.