President Donald Trump floated the idea of canceling Elon Musk’s government subsidies on Thursday, just hours after the Tesla CEO claimed he singlehandedly got Trump elected in 2024 and accused the president of lacking gratitude.
“The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn’t do it!” President Trump declared in a Thursday Truth Social post .
In another Truth Social post issued a few minutes earlier, the president said Musk went “CRAZY” after he withdrew the X owner’s electric vehicle mandate “that forced everyone to buy” EVs.
“Elon was ‘wearing thin,’ I asked him to leave, I took away his EV Mandate that forced everyone to buy Electric Cars that nobody