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President Donald Trump on Thursday called Tesla CEO Elon Musk "CRAZY" and threatened to cut his companies' government contracts as the two men feuded over a major tax bill.
"The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon's Governmental Subsidies and Contracts," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post . " I was always surprised that Biden didn't do it!"
Musk promptly responded on X: "Go ahead, make my day."
He later upped the ante, writing, "In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately."
In addition to leading the electric-vehicle maker Te