In the aftermath of his clash with Elon Musk, Donald Trump doubles down. "He's completely gone crazy," the president said in an interview with Abc news. The president then said that the billionaire "wants to talk to him" but that he "isn't interested."

Yet according to Politico , some White House advisers have worked to convince Donald Trump to moderate the tone to avoid an escalation by scheduling a phone call between the two to mediate or at least calm the waters .

A spectacular breakup between Musk and Trump, who argued publicly, accusing each other of "madness" on one side and "ingratitude" on the other on their social media accounts, X for Musk and Truth for Trump.

THE CLASH

The president confirmed that he had ended Musk's government mission, which he said was "out of his mind," due to a ruling against subsidies for electric vehicles . "The easiest way to save billions and billions of dollars in our budget would be to cancel subsidies and government contracts" for the Tesla and SpaceX boss, he wrote.

Since the world's richest man launched a full-frontal attack on a Trump administration budget bill last week as he left the White House, it was clear that it was only a matter of time before the divorce was finalized. It was during a meeting in the Oval Office with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, reduced to a silent extra role, that the president made the breakup official. In a live exchange with reporters, Donald Trump said he was "very disappointed." "Elon and I had a good relationship. I don't know if that's still the case."

“Absurdity,” Musk commented. “False,” he then posted above an excerpt in which Trump explained that the entrepreneur knew the content of the text in advance. A “great and beautiful law” for the tycoon, an “abomination” for public finances for Elon Musk.

And the escalation began. Musk, who generously funded the Republican's campaign in 2024, assured that "Trump would have lost the election" without him and accused him of "ingratitude." Then he struck a low blow, claiming, without providing evidence, that the president's name was present in the file of Jeffrey Epstein, the American financier at the center of a vast scandal of crimes and sexual exploitation who committed suicide in prison before being tried . "That's why those files were not made public."

And the Dems have seized the opportunity, asking the Justice Department and the FBI if it is true, as Elon Musk claims, that President Trump is in Jeffrey Epstein's files.

In response, the White House simply called the attacks “deplorable.” In the Oval Office, Trump described his former ally as a jilted lover: “He said the nicest things about me. People leave our government, they love us, and at some point they miss it so much… And some of them become hostile.”

(Online Union)

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