Donald Trump took a swipe at Elon Musk on Tuesday (July 1), suggesting he would possibly think about booting the tech mogul from america over their escalating feud and a heated battle over authorities subsidies.

When requested by reporters whether or not he’d truly deport Musk, Trump didn’t rule it out.

“We’ll have to have a look,” he stated earlier than including a weird jab: “We would must put DOGE on Elon. You recognize what DOGE is? The monster that may have to return and eat Elon. Wouldn’t that be horrible? He will get lots of subsidies.”

Reporter: Are you going to deport Elon Musk?

Trump: We’ll have to have a look. We would must put DOGE on Elon. You recognize what DOGE is? The monster that may have to return and eat Elon. Wouldn’t that be horrible? He will get lots of subsidies. pic.twitter.com/6I0OAIv7Js

— Acyn (@Acyn) July 1, 2025

Musk didn’t maintain again both. Responding to a clip of Trump’s remarks, he tweeted, “So tempting to escalate this. So, so tempting. However I’ll chorus for now.”

The strain between the 2 billionaires has been constructing for weeks, with Trump firing off a warning on Reality Social Monday evening (June 30).

“Elon might get extra subsidy than any human being in historical past, by far, and with out subsidies, Elon would most likely have to shut up store and head again dwelling to South Africa,” Trump wrote. “No extra Rocket launches, Satellites, or Electrical Automotive Manufacturing, and our Nation would save a FORTUNE.”

Trump additionally known as for Musk’s former division, the Authorities Efficiency and Accountability Workplace—nicknamed DOGE—to research the subsidies Musk’s corporations obtain. “Maybe we must always have DOGE take a great, exhausting, have a look at this?” Trump wrote. “BIG MONEY TO BE SAVED!!!”

Elon Musk Threatens To Launch New Political Occasion If Donald Trump’s “Huge Lovely Invoice” Passes

The newest spat comes after Musk publicly slammed Trump’s “Huge Lovely Invoice,” a tax and spending proposal that Musk labeled a “disgusting abomination.”

Musk has threatened to fund major challengers towards any Republican who helps the laws.

“Each member of Congress who campaigned on lowering authorities spending after which instantly voted for the largest debt improve in historical past ought to hold their head in disgrace!” Musk wrote. “And they’re going to lose their major subsequent 12 months whether it is the very last thing I do on this Earth.”

He additionally floated launching a brand new political occasion if the invoice turns into regulation. “If this outrageous spending invoice is enacted,” he wrote, “the America Occasion can be established the very subsequent day.”

Regardless of having poured greater than $275 million into supporting Trump and different GOP candidates, Musk is now threatening to shift his monetary firepower to defeat Republicans backing the invoice.

He’s additionally thrown his assist behind lawmakers like Rep. Thomas Massie, who opposed it.

Trump, in the meantime, hinted that Musk’s actual subject is the invoice’s elimination of electrical car and photo voltaic subsidies. Musk has denied that’s his primary concern, however Trump isn’t shopping for it.

The back-and-forth between the 2 billionaires exhibits no indicators of cooling. For now, Musk stays within the U.S.—and nonetheless tweeting.

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