Trump says Elon Musk will face 'serious consequences' if he backs Democratic candidates

President Donald Trump told NBC News connected Saturday that Elon Musk would spot "serious consequences" if helium backs Democratic candidates who situation Republicans supporting the "big, beauteous bill."

"If helium does, he'll person to wage the consequences for that," Trump told NBC News' Kristen Welker successful a telephone interview.

"He'll person to wage precise superior consequences if helium does that," helium continued, without giving specifics connected what that would look like.

Trump besides said that helium thinks his narration with Musk is done aft their public feud erupted this week.

"I gave him a batch of breaks, agelong earlier this happened, I gave him breaks successful my archetypal medication and saved his beingness successful my archetypal administration," Trump said.

"I person nary volition of speaking to him," Trump added.

When asked whether helium thinks his narration with Musk is over, helium said, "I would presume so."

Trump besides accused Musk of being "disrespectful to the bureau of the president."

Trump's remarks are among his astir extended nationalist comments yet connected his feud with Musk, and the latest motion that the president is not funny successful mending his narration with the onetime ally.

Musk has been a vocal critic of the Trump-backed spending measure that moved done the House past month.

Earlier this week, Musk called the spending measure a "disgusting abomination" that volition pb to exploding national budget deficits.

"In November adjacent year, we occurrence each politicians who betrayed the American people," helium wrote successful a abstracted X post.

Musk's disapproval of the spending bundle — which is now being considered successful the Senate — is successful portion what spurred the clash betwixt the 2 men.

Trump told NBC News that helium is inactive "very confident" that the measure volition beryllium passed by July 4, and that helium doesn't deliberation Musk could derail the bill.

"If you look astatine the Republicans, we've ne'er been much unified," Trump told NBC News. "The measure is fantastic."

— NBC News contributed reporting