美国总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)周二告诉记者,他的政府将“不得不考虑”驱逐埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk),此前这位亿万富翁重新点燃了与总统的不和他的支出账单.
马斯克是南非国民,也是归化的美国公民,他在周末发表了几篇X帖子,抨击共和党人的“美丽的大法案”,认为这增加了更多的债务。
“很明显,这项法案的疯狂支出,将债务上限提高了创纪录的5万亿美元,我们生活在一党制国家——猪肉党!!,”马斯克周一下午发布。在政治术语中,“猪肉”一般指议员选区的支出。
周二早些时候,特朗普在一篇名为“真相”的社交帖子中回击称,特斯拉首席执行官马斯克对取消电动汽车(EV)授权的法案感到不安,“埃隆将不得不关闭商店,返回南非的家。”
当记者在上午晚些时候问及他是否会驱逐马斯克时,特朗普说,“我们必须看看。”
“我们可能不得不让多吉负责埃隆,”他说,指的是政府效率部的马斯克之前作为一名特殊的政府雇员.
马斯克在x上发布了他对特朗普周二早上评论的回应。
“这很容易升级。如此,如此诱人。但我现在会克制自己,”马斯克写道。
特朗普当天晚些时候在访问佛罗里达州时继续抨击马斯克。
“如果多吉看着马斯克,我们将节省一大笔钱,”他告诉记者。
周一,马斯克威胁要资助任何投票支持该法案的共和党人的初选挑战者,“如果这是我在这个地球上做的最后一件事。”
当被美国广播公司新闻问及马斯克的批评时,总统重申这是关于电动汽车的授权。
“他应该知道我不会那样做,我不能那样做。我在这些事情上竞选了两年。我从来不明白他为什么这么做,但他不会得到他的授权,他最好小心,因为他可能不会得到任何其他东西。你知道这意味着什么,对吗?”他说。
马斯克继续在他的社交媒体平台上抨击该法案,转发其他用户与memes分享他对该立法的看法,并声称这将导致债务和浪费。
这场口水战标志着总统和马斯克之间为期两周半的缓和结束。
上个月,刚刚离开白宫的马斯克,去了X批评支出法案和批准该法案的众议院共和党人。
他在6月3日写道:“这个庞大、令人愤慨、充斥着猪肉的国会支出法案令人厌恶。”。“那些投赞成票的人应该感到羞耻:你知道你做错了。你知道的。”
马斯克继续批评,然后将注意力转向总统,他发帖说,“没有我,特朗普就会输掉选举,民主党将控制众议院,共和党在参议院将是51比49。”
“真是忘恩负义,”他补充道。麝香花费超过2.7亿美元在2024年选举周期中支持特朗普和其他共和党人。
特朗普在Truth Social上表示,马斯克对从法案中删除电动汽车授权感到不安,并威胁要取消这位亿万富翁的政府合同。
特朗普在6月7日接受美国全国广播公司新闻采访时表示,如果马斯克选择资助民主党候选人,他将“不得不付出代价”。
6月11日,马斯克在X上发帖称,“我对上周我关于@realDonaldTrump总统的一些帖子感到遗憾。他们走得太远了”他喝了一杯后与特朗普通话本周早些时候,消息人士告诉ABC新闻。
目前还不清楚这两人自那以后是否说过话。
Trump says he'll 'look' at deporting Musk as feud reignites
President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday his administration will "have to take a look" at deporting Elon Musk after the billionaire reignited the feud with the president overhis spending bill.
Musk, a South African national and a naturalized U.S. citizen, made several weekend X posts slamming Republicans over the "Big Beautiful Bill," arguing that it was adding more debt.
"It is obvious with the insane spending of this bill, which increases the debt ceiling by a record FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS that we live in a one-party country – the PORKY PIG PARTY!!," Musk posted Monday afternoon. In political terms,"pork" generally refers to spending in lawmakers' constituencies.
Trump pushed back with a Truth Social post early Tuesday, claiming Tesla CEO Musk was upset about the bill eliminating the electric vehicle (EV) mandate and that "Elon would have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa."
When asked by reporters later in the morning if he would deport Musk, Trump said, "We'll have to take a look."
"We might have to put DOGE on Elon," he said, referring to the Department of Government Efficiency that Muskpreviously spearheaded as a special government employee.
Musk posted his response to Trump's Tuesday morning comments on X.
"So tempting to escalate this. So, so tempting. But I will refrain for now," Musk wrote.
Trump continued to hammer Musk later in the day as he visited Florida.
"If DOGE looks at Musk, we're going to save a fortune," he told reporters.
On Monday, Musk threatened to fund primary challengers of any Republican who voted on the bill "if it is the last thing I do on this Earth."
When asked by ABC News about Musk's criticism, the president reiterated that it was about the EV mandate.
"He should've known I wouldn't do that, I couldn't do that. I campaigned on those things for two years. I never understand why he did what he did, but he's not going to get his mandate, and he better be careful, because he might not get anything else. You know what that means, right?" he said.
Musk continued to slam the bill on his social media platform, reposting other users who shared his opinion of the legislation with memes and claims that it would contribute to the debt and waste.
The war of words marked an end to a two and a half week detente between the president and Musk.
Last month, Musk, who had just left his role in the White House,went to Xto criticize the spending bill and House Republicans who approved it.
"This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination," he wrote on June 3. "Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it."
Musk kept up his criticism and then turned his attention to the president, posting, "Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate."
"Such ingratitude," he added. Muskspent more than $270 millionto back Trump and other Republicans during the 2024 election cycle.
Trump took to Truth Social, contending that Musk was upset with the EV mandate removal from the bill and threatened to pull the billionaire's government contracts.
Speaking to NBC News on June 7, Trump said Musk would "have to pay the consequences" if he chooses to fund Democratic candidates.
On June 11, Musk posted on X, "I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far" after he had acall with Trumpearlier that week, sources told ABC News.
It is not immediately clear if the two men have spoken since then.