Trump defends his new travel ban as feud with Musk erupts

Laura Barron-Lopez:

Musk quickly responded on his social media platform X, saying: “Whatever. Republicans can get rid of the Biden era tax credit for electric vehicles as long as they ditch the mountain of disgusting pork in the bill.”

Musk’s attacks didn’t end there, posting: “Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate.”

Within hours, the president took to his own platform, TRUTH Social, saying “Musk went crazy” and that “The easiest way to save money in our budget, billions and billions of dollars, is to terminate Elon’s governmental subsidies and contracts.”

The mutually beneficial relationship between two of the most powerful men in the world appears to be over. Musk dropping what he called a really big bomb about alleged ties between the president and convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. Musk said: “Donald Trump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public.”

Some conspiracy theorists believe the government is hiding information about the death of Epstein. The Trump administration released a first phase of documents earlier this year.

As the president and Elon Musk continue their public fight on social media, Tesla’s stock price plunged this afternoon, dropping 14 percent. And shares in Trump Media and Technology Group, the TRUTH Social parent company, also took an 8 percent hit — Amna.