Tesla Stock Continues to Crash as Musk vs. Trump Feud Goes Nuclear

Sarah Rumpf Jun 5th, 2025, 5:09 pm

Pool via AP

The rapidly escalating feud between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk has not only stunned the political media world but also caused Tesla’s stock price to plummet throughout the day Thursday.

Not since a persnickety French soldier told King Arthur “your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries !” have two grown men publicly exchanged such a memorable series of petty insults, initially sparked over their diverging views about the “ One Big Beautiful Bill ,” a massive budget reconciliation bill pushed by the president that passed the House but has been struggling to get enough votes in the Senate.

Trump blamed Musk’s opposition to the

See Full Page