Trump takes one other swipe at Musk

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – Donald Trump and Elon Musk are mending fences. However the president couldn't resist the chance to take a swipe on the Tesla CEO when he signed a decision blocking California's electrical automobile mandate.

At a invoice signing occasion on the White Home, Trump invoked his high-profile former aide: "Now I do know why Elon would not like me a lot."

"Which he does really, he does," Trump added earlier than he moved on.

Trump and the rich businessman have been sparring over a separate piece of laws: the GOP's tax lower invoice, which handed the Home on the finish of Could and is pending earlier than the Senate.

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On the top of their dispute, on June 5, Musk stated that Trump appeared "within the Epstein information." The allegation referred to paperwork the federal authorities compiled on disgraced financier and little one intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died in jail in 2019 whereas awaiting prosecution on intercourse trafficking costs. Musk took down this submit lower than 48 hours later.

Musk stated in a June 11 submit that he regretted a few of his posts about Trump in the course of the spat with out specifying which of them. "They went too far," he stated.

The 2 males reportedly spoke by cellphone earlier than the written apology.

Trump at a June 12 occasion on the White Home referred to as Musk a "pal of mine" whereas conveying a unique alternate about electrical autos that he stated they'd had previous to their falling out.

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The president stated Musk didn't push him off his bid to abolish California's electrical automobile gross sales mandate. He stated that when he raised the problem with Musk, who campaigned for him in 2024, the businessman advised him, "So long as it is taking place to all people, I am going to be capable to compete."

Trump stated he advised Musk that his response was "very cool."

"After that, he received a little bit bit unusual. I am undecided why, over a lot smaller issues than that," Trump stated of their dispute.

Trump beforehand claimed that Musk went "CRAZY" over his plans to undo California's legislation, which required a shift to EVs in California by 2035.

"Elon was 'sporting skinny,' I requested him to go away, I took away his EV Mandate that compelled everybody to purchase Electrical Vehicles that no one else needed (that he knew for months I used to be going to do!), and he simply went CRAZY!" Trump stated in a Fact Social submit.