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Trump directs a new threat at Elon Musk, with an eye toward the 2026 midterm elections The president warned his top campaign donor he'll face "very serious consequences" if Musk dares to support candidates Trump doesn’t like.

June 9, 2025, 8:46 AM EDT

By Steve Benen

As Donald Trump’s relationship with Elon Musk imploded last week, the president and his top campaign donor didn’t just throw random rhetorical punches. Their feud included rather specific threats.

In fact, on Thursday afternoon, in the midst of an online volley, Trump wrote , “The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts.”

At least so far, there’s been no White House follow-through on this, and f

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