Trump-Musk feud live updates: Elon deletes tweet claiming the president is in the Epstein files amid public spat

The internet used the feud used to blast memes across social media.

“Elon finally found a way to make Twitter fun again,” former senior Obama adviser and podcast host Dan Pfeiffer summarised in a post on X.

“BREAKING: Vladimir Putin has offered to negotiate a peace deal between President Trump and Elon Musk,” X user Amuse wrote.

One user shared a meme from Mean Girls of Musk writing about Trump in the “Burn Book.”

Democratic Rep. Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico shared a meme about the blow-up: “Real Housewives of Pennsylvania Ave,” the congresswoman posted.

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Mass deportations enabled by the Trump administration’s Big, Beautiful Bill spending and tax package could cost the U.S. over $1 trillion in the coming years, as the administration is already reportedly struggling to fund its rapidly expanding immigration crackdown.

The package, which the House of Representatives passed last month, directs $168 billion towards immigration and border law enforcement agencies.

That spending, combined with the economic impact of removing scores of immigrants and more granular changes, like a potential decline in revenues thanks to the possible deterrent effect of new fees on migrants, could cost the U.S. over $1.4 trillion over the next decade, according to an analysis from the libertarian Cato Institute.

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Reporters asked President Donald Trump if he was still considering cutting Elon Musk’s government contracts and subsidies after he threatened to do so on Thursday.

Trump said that Musk “gets a lot of subsidy,” and that he was going to “look at” what he’s getting and consider cutting them, but “only if it’s fair for him and for the country.”

On Thursday, Trump and Musk were embroiled in a public spat that saw the Tesla CEO agree with a call for the president’s impeachment and insinuate that he was on notorious rapist and child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s client list.

Trump responded by threatening to end Musk’s government contracts and subsidies, ostensibly as a way to save the American public money, and questioned why former President Joe Biden hadn’t done so during his time in office.

Musk was once Trump’s critic and became his friend as the Tesla head pushed further right in his political leanings. It hit its apex after the assassination attempt on Trump in July. Musk then joined Trump on the campaign and quickly dubbed himself ‘first buddy.’ That led to Musk becoming the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, which was tasked with slashing the federal budget.

The relationship turned sour as the two disagreed over Trump’s spending bill. Musk left the White House and the two remained friendly, at least in public. That changed as Musk posted criticism of the bill online and culminating with the meltdown on social media between the two.

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President Donald Trump is thinking of getting rid of the red Tesla that he bought from Elon Musk earlier this year.

He is considering either selling theModel S electric vehicle, priced at around $80,000, or giving it away, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a senior White House official.

The car was pictured Friday parked outside the West Wing between the White House and the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

It comes after Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, lost $34 billion in net worth on Thursday after his company’s stock plummeted in response to the online fight.

Patel, who has come under fire from MAGA supporters in recent weeks for backing away from conspiracy theories about disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein now that he leads the FBI, appeared taken aback by Elon Musk’s wild tweets about Donald Trump’s lengthy past relationship with Epstein.

“That’s way outside my lane,” Patel demurred while Rogan wondered “what the f*ck” was going on between the president and his former “first buddy.”

The boys are going at it. Like two heavies in the playground, the once richest man on Earth and on who thinks he is the most powerful are locked in a scrap, writes Chris Blackhurst.

He added the fallout hit them both. Trump says that Musk and his companies receive “billions of dollars” in government subsidies and contracts. He could cut them. “I was always surprised that Biden didn’t do it,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social Platform.

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For months, DOGE has demanded departments and agencies dramatically downsize as part of efforts to cut government spending. Some employees have been incentivized to leave with early retirement offers or buyouts. Others, such as probationary employees, have been dismissed.

But now, those same departments and agencies have been left understaffed and are struggling to get workers back.

Ariana Baio has the story.

In a bid show defiance to President Donald Trump’s rollback of queer rights, LGBTQ+ people from around the world will march through the streets of Washington on Saturday.

It comes after transgender people were banned from serving in the armed forces. While proponents of DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) consider it necessary to correct historic inequities, the White House has described it as a form of discrimination based on race or gender, and said its transgender policy protects women by keeping transgender women out of shared spaces.

The parade route will come within one block of the White House grounds in one of the final main events of the weeks-long WorldPride celebration.

On Sunday a more political event, dubbed a rally and march, will convene at the Lincoln Memorial, a revered space in the US civil rights movement as the site of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.