Trump breaks with Musk, plans to move Tesla

June 10, 2025 (MLN): President Donald Trump said he has no plans to discontinue Starlink at the White House but might move his Tesla off-site, following his announcement over the weekend that his relationship with Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of both companies, was over.

“I may move the Tesla around a little bit, but I don’t think we’ll be doing that with Starlink. It’s a good service,” Trump told reporters, referring to the satellite internet company that provides high-speed broadband access.

It is a unit of Musk’s SpaceX.

In March, Trump said he had purchased a red Tesla Model S from Musk, Trump’s then-close ally.

Last week, a White House official said Trump might get rid of it after a public feud erupted between the two men.

The Tesla was seen parked at the White House over the weekend.

On Saturday, Trump said he had no intention of repairing ties with Musk.

On Monday, the president said he would not have a problem if Musk called. “We had a good relationship, and I just wish him well,” Trump said.

Musk responded with a heart emoji to a video on X showing Trump’s remarks.

Last week, Trump and Musk exchanged a flurry of insults after the world’s richest man denounced Trump’s tax and spending bill as a “disgusting abomination.”

Musk’s opposition has complicated Republican efforts to pass Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” in Congress, where the party holds slim majorities in the House of Representatives and Senate.

Since the dispute began last Thursday, Musk has deleted some social media posts critical of Trump, including one signaling support for impeaching the president, as CNBC reported.

Sources close to Musk said his anger has started to subside, and they believe he may want to repair his relationship with Trump.

President Donald Trump told NBC News on Saturday that Elon Musk would see “serious consequences” if he backs Democratic candidates who challenge Republicans supporting the “big, beautiful bill.”

“If he does, he’ll have to pay the consequences for that,” Trump told NBC News’ Kristen Welker in a phone interview.

“He’ll have to pay very serious consequences if he does that,” he continued, without giving specifics on what that would look like.

Trump also said that he thinks his relationship with Musk is done after their public feud erupted this week.

“I gave him a lot of breaks, long before this happened, I gave him breaks in my first administration and saved his life in my first administration,” Trump said.

“I have no intention of speaking to him,” Trump added. When asked whether he thinks his relationship with Musk is over, he said, “I would assume so.”

Trump also accused Musk of being “disrespectful to the office of the president.” Trump’s remarks are among his most extensive public comments yet on his feud with Musk, and the latest sign that the president is not interested in mending his relationship with the onetime ally.

Musk has been a vocal critic of the Trump-backed spending bill that moved through the House last month. Earlier this week, Musk called the spending bill a “disgusting abomination” that will lead to exploding federal budget deficits.

“In November next year, we fire all politicians who betrayed the American people,” he wrote in a separate X post.

Musk’s criticism of the spending package which is now being considered in the Senate is in part what spurred the clash between the two men.

Trump told NBC News that he is still “very confident” that the bill will be passed by July 4, and that he doesn’t think Musk could derail the bill.

“If you look at the Republicans, we’ve never been more unified,” Trump told NBC News. “The bill is fantastic.”

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