US President Donald Trump notes that the upper air force while leaving to New Jersey at the joint base Andrews, Maryland, United States, June 6, 2025.
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President Donald Trump told NBC News on Saturday that Elon Musk will see “severe consequences” if he supports democratic candidates who challenge Republicans who support “the beautiful big law.”
“If he does so, he will have to pay the consequences of that,” Trump told NBC News’ Kristen Welker in an interview.
“He will have to pay very serious consequences if he does,” continued, without providing details about the form of that.
Trump also said he believed that his relationship with musk has ended after their general hostility broke out this week.
“I gave him a lot of rest, long before this happened, I gave him rest periods in my first administration and saved his life in my first administration,” Trump said.
“I have no intention to talk to him,” Trump added.
When asked if he believed his relationship with Musk had ended, he said: “I will assume it.”
Trump also accused Mousse of “not respected the president’s office.”
Trump’s statements are among his most general comments on his hostility with Musk, and he caused a sign that the president is not interested in reforming his relationship with OneTist ally.
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Musk was an audio critic of the Trump -backed spending bill, which moved across the house last month.
Earlier this week, Musk described the draft spending law as “disgusting abomination” that would lead to a federal budget deficit explosion.
“In November next year, we shoot all the politicians who betrayed the American people,” he wrote in a separate X publication.
MUSK’s criticism of the spending package – which is now considered in the Senate – is partly what motivated the clash between the two men.
Trump told NBC News that he was still “very confident” that the bill will be approved by July 4, and that he does not believe that Musk could hinder the bill.
“If you look at the Republicans, we are not more uniformity,” Trump told NBC News. “The bill is great.”
NBC news contributed to reporting