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The clash between the two former allies is far from forgotten and forgiven.
The clash between the two former allies is far from forgotten and forgiven.
What is happening?
It’s been a while since the very public break up between Elon Musk and Donald Trump, but clearly the two haven’t worked out their issues with each other.
A new post – and threat – from Donald Trump is proof of that.
Elon knew
In a post on Truth Social, posted early Tuesday July 1 CET, Donald Trump said:
“Elon Musk knew, long before he so strongly endorsed me for President, that I was strongly against the EV Mandate.”
And what is that mandate?
A Biden policy
The Biden Administration aimed at increasing the adoption of electrical vehicles (EV).
The EV mandate set increasingly progressive quotas for EV sales, with the goal of reagin a signifacant percentage of new vehicles sold to be electric by a certain year.
“It’s ridiculous”
Trump continued his rant on Truth Social by saying that the EV Mandate “is ridiculous”, before pointing out that it was always a major part of his campaign to fight it.
Musk’s subsidies
Trump then turns the crosshairs to Elon Musk’s subsidies, claiming Musk may get more subsidy “than any human being in history, by far”.
“Back to South Africa”
Trump claims that, without the subsidies, Elon Musk would “probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa”.
“No more Rocket launches, satellites or Electric var production, and our country would save a FORTUNE”, Trump continued.
Turning DOGE on Musk?
Trump finishes his post on Truth Social by saying, that “perhaps we should have DOGE take a good, hard, look at this? BIG MONEY TO BE SAVED!”
Tens of billions of dollars for SpaceX
According to federal records, Elon Musk’s SpaceX got $3.8 billion in 2024 alone.
Over the last decade, the number is in the tens of billions of dollars.
Indirect for Tesla
Tesla does not get as many direct federal grants, but indirectly, Musk’s EV company makes billions of dollars a year thanks to various state and federal programs.
Selling car emission credits
For example, Tesla made almost $2.8 billion last year by selling regulatory credits to other car manufacturers, helping rival companies reach the rules for car emissions set by governments all over the globe.
