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Source: AFP
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday helium could see deporting Elon Musk, aft the South African-born billionaire slammed his flagship spending bill.
Trump besides said the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) -- which Musk headed earlier stepping down precocious May -- whitethorn bid its sights connected the Tesla and SpaceX founder's authorities subsidies.
"I don't know. We'll person to instrumentality a look," Trump told reporters astatine the White House erstwhile asked if helium would see deporting Musk.
"We mightiness person to enactment DOGE connected Elon. You cognize what DOGE is? DOGE is the monster that mightiness person to spell backmost and devour Elon."
Trump doubled down connected the menace erstwhile helium said helium believed Musk was attacking his alleged "One Big Beautiful Bill" due to the fact that helium was annoyed that it had dropped measures to enactment electrical vehicles (EV).
"He's losing his EV mandate. He's precise upset astir things, but you know, helium could suffer a batch much than that, I can archer you close now. Elon tin suffer a batch much than that."
Trump made akin comments connected his Truth Social web precocious Monday, saying that "without subsidies, Elon would astir apt person to adjacent up store and caput backmost location to South Africa."
Musk, the world's richest person, was Trump's biggest donor successful the 2024 predetermination and initially maintained a adjacent changeless beingness astatine the recently elected president's side.
They had an acrimonious nationalist falling retired this period implicit the measure and the tycoon has reprised his criticisms successful caller days, accusing Republicans of abandoning efforts to spot the United States astatine the beforehand of the EV and cleanable vigor revolution.
Musk has besides renewed his calls for the enactment of a caller governmental enactment called the "America Party" if the measure passed.
Source: AFP
