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President Donald Trump went after Elon Musk on Monday night in a long post on Truth Social, slamming the Tesla CEO for cashing in on government subsidies while pretending to oppose public spending. Trump wrote: “Elon Musk knew, long before he so strongly endorsed me for President, that I was strongly against the EV Mandate. It is ridiculous, and was always a major part of my campaign.” He then said electric cars might be fine, but people shouldn’t be forced to buy them, and he called out Elon for benefiting from what he said are record-breaking government handouts. Trump also suggested that if the money stopped, Elon would have to shut everything down—rockets, satellites, electric vehicles—and head back to South Africa. He ended the rant by throwing in a jab at DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, saying, “Perhaps we should have DOGE take a good, hard, look at this? Big money to be saved!” That hit hard because DOGE was Elon’s own idea, created with the goal of cutting $1 trillion in wasteful government spending. Now Trump wants to use it to investigate the very man who launched it. Meanwhile, the Tesla stock has plunged by 5.8% in premarket trading as reaction to the two men having a public spat yet again. Elon threatens Republicans supporting Trump’s debt bill A few hours before Trump’s post, Elon took to X to post a threat to every Republican in Congress who supports Trump’s latest tax and spending bill. He wrote: “Every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing government spending and then immediately voted for the biggest debt increase in history should hang their head in shame! And they will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth.” That message was posted just…

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