{"id":856350,"date":"2025-06-18T09:11:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/trump-calls-elon-musk-the-man-who-lost-his-mind\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T09:11:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:11:45","slug":"trump-calls-elon-musk-the-man-who-lost-his-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/trump-calls-elon-musk-the-man-who-lost-his-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump calls Elon Musk ‘the man who lost his mind’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In an interview with ABC News (DIS<\/a>) early Friday morning, President Donald Trump brushed off the suggestion of reconciling with Elon Musk. \u201cYou mean the man who has lost his mind?\u201d the President asked<\/a>, adding that he was \u201cnot particularly\u201d interested in speaking to the Tesla (TSLA<\/a>) and SpaceX CEO.<\/p>\n

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For the most part, the root of the rift between the once-proclaimed \u201cfirst buddies\u201d centers on Musk\u2019s continued criticism<\/a> of Trump\u2019s hallmark domestic policy bill \u2014 dubbed the \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill.\u201d Musk has called it a \u201cdisgusting abomination\u201d<\/a> and said the bill would grow the national debt<\/a> by $3.8 trillion. The Tesla CEO also said he shouldn\u2019t be blamed<\/a> for all of Trump\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n

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But on Thursday, Musk took things further<\/a>. He backed calls for Trump\u2019s impeachment and, in a widely circulated post on X, alleged that the president is \u201cin the Epstein files.\u201d Trump fired back, calling Musk \u201cCRAZY\u201d on Truth Social and suggesting the government reconsider its \u201cBILLIONS AND BILLIONS\u201d in contracts with Musk\u2019s companies. The two continued to trade barbs \u2014 with Trump ally Steve Bannon suggesting that Musk, who is from South Africa, be deported.<\/p>\n

The deterioration of the relationship between Trump and Musk is in stark contrast to their previous alliance, where Musk was a White House fixture.<\/p>\n

The Tesla CEO was a significant supporter of the president\u2019s 2024 reelection campaign (contributing over $200 million) and served as the head of the cost- and job-cutting Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The White House recently announced that Musk would be leaving DOGE<\/a>, but the Tesla CEO claimed he\u2019d still be around Washington as much as the president wanted.<\/p>\n

ABC reported that Trump is more sad than angry at Musk. One adviser who was with the president on Thursday night said Trump seemed \u201cbummed\u201d about the breakup. And senior officials confirmed to ABC\u2019s Rachel Scott<\/a> that Trump is \u201cconsidering either giving away or selling the red Tesla he purchased\u201d to support Musk that has remained on White House grounds.<\/p>\n

White House aides were reportedly trying to schedule a call Friday between the two men on Friday \u2014 which Trump brushed off. The president claimed that Musk wants to speak with him but he doesn\u2019t want to speak with Musk. Trump instead talked to ABC News about inflation, foreign investment, and his coming trip to China.<\/p>\n

Musk signaled somewhat of a willingness to talk to Trump in social media comments to billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, who wrote on X<\/a>: \u201cI support @realDonaldTrump and @elonmusk and they should make peace for the benefit of our great country. We are much stronger together than apart.\u201d Musk then responded \u201ctrue.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In an interview with ABC News (DIS) early Friday morning, President Donald Trump brushed off the suggestion of reconciling with Elon Musk. \u201cYou mean the man who has lost his mind?\u201d the President asked, adding that he was \u201cnot particularly\u201d interested in speaking to the Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX CEO. Suggested Reading For the most<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":856351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-856350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calls","category-trump"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}