Trump-Musk feud: President hints at deporting former ‘first buddy’ before heading to Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

In a reply to a post on X, Elon Musk said that MAGA podcaster and Trump adviser Steve Bannon is going back to prison.

Musk was replying to the idea that Bannon would want to nationalize SpaceX.

Bannon served four months in prison at FCI Danbury, Connecticut, for two counts of contempt of Congress. He was released days before the 2024 election.

Here are the posts from X:

Elon Musk responded to Trump’s assertion that he would “look” into deporting the tech billionaire by saying he would “refrain” from escalating the fight.

“So tempting to escalate this. So, so tempting. But I will refrain for now,” Musk wrote on X in response to the video of Trump speaking with reporters.

Elon Musk re-posted a video on X that set the record straight about his feelings toward electric vehicle mandates after Trump claimed that Musk was angry at him because of EV mandates.

“Elon Musk knew, long before he so strongly Endorsed me for President, that I was strongly against the EV Mandate. It is ridiculous, and was always a major part of my campaign. Electric cars are fine, but not everyone should be forced to own one,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

The president went on to claim Musk gets “more subsidy than any human being in history” and said without them, Musk would have to “close up shop and head back home to South Africa”

Hours later, Musk reposted the video in which he acknowledges that EV mandates would likely disappear under Trump but that it would actually help Tesla.

“If you eliminated all EV incentives tomorrow, Tesla’s competitive position would improve significantly,” Trump said in the 2022 interview clip.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested that the country’s immigration enforcement apparatus could be turned against erstwhile ally Elon Musk after the Tesla executive renewed criticism of the tax and spending megabill on which Trump has bet his legislative agenda.

Welcome to The Independent’s live blog covering the ongoing feud between President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk.

Trump renewed threats to Musk on Tuesday after Musk continued to oppose the president’s signature legislation.

The president’s comments came before he heads to Florida to visit the immigration detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”