Golden Finance reported that according to the US political news Politico on Thursday (June 5th), US President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently publicly fell out, and the two engaged in a fierce verbal altercation from a distance, which has drawn widespread attention. When asked about this public break-up incident, Trump gave a surprising response, saying, “Oh, it doesn’t matter.” The progress has been very smooth. It has never been so good. Meanwhile, the White House is also actively mediating. Its aides have arranged for Trump and Musk to have a phone call on Friday (June 6th), attempting to facilitate a reconciliation between the two sides.
The public exposure of the conflict between the two this time stems from a tax reform bill that Trump has been vigorously promoting and has been named “big and beautiful”. Previously, Musk continuously launched fierce attacks on the bill, calling it “disgusting” and calling on the public to contact lawmakers to “strangle” the bill. Trump, on the other hand, accused Musk of turning against him over the revocation of the “mandate” for electric vehicles in the bill. He claimed that Musk had long been aware of the internal workings of the bill and had known for months that the relevant “mandate” would be revoked. However, Musk quickly refuted, saying that he had never seen the bill and it was passed in the dead of night. The two sides traded words back and forth, and the war of words kept escalating. Trump even threatened to terminate the government subsidies and contracts of Musk’s enterprises. Musk retorted that SpaceX would immediately start retiring its Dragon spacecraft and publicly stated that Trump should be impeached.
Nowadays, Trump’s easing response and the phone call arranged by his assistants have brought a glimmer of hope for the relief of tensions between the two sides. The phone call on Friday has attracted much attention. The outside world is expecting that in this conversation, the two can resolve their differences and bring their previously close political and business relationship back on track. After all, the direction of their relationship has an undeniable influence on both the business field and the political landscape in the United States.
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