Trump not interested in talking to Elon Musk, may get rid of his Tesla
The US president and the world’s richest man continue to trade barbs after falling out in an extraordinarily public fashion
Donald Trump is not interested in talking with Elon Musk, a White House official said on Friday, signalling that the US president and his former ally might not resolve their feud over a sweeping tax-cut bill any time soon.
The White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said no phone call between Trump and the Tesla CEO was planned for the day. Earlier, a different White House official had said the two were going to talk.
In interviews with several US media outlets, Trump said he was focused on other matters.
“I’m not even thinking about Elon. He’s got a problem, the poor guy’s got a problem,” he told CNN.
Trump may get rid of the red Tesla Model S that he bought in March after showcasing Musk’s electric cars on the White House lawn, the official said.
Musk, for his part, did not directly address Trump but kept up his criticism of the massive Republican tax and spending bill that contains much of Trump’s domestic agenda.