Trump to keep Starlink at White House despite break with Elon Musk

President Donald Trump said connected Monday helium has nary plans to discontinue Starlink at the White House but mightiness determination his Tesla off-site, pursuing his announcement implicit the play that his narration with Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of some companies, was over.

"I whitethorn determination the Tesla astir a small bit, but I don't deliberation we'll beryllium doing that with Starlink. It's a bully service," Trump told reporters, referring to the outer net institution that provides high-speed broadband access. It is simply a portion of Musk's SpaceX.

In March, Trump said helium had purchased a reddish Tesla Model S from Musk, Trump's then-close ally.

Last week, a White House authoritative said Trump mightiness get escaped of it aft a nationalist feud erupted betwixt the 2 men. The Tesla was seen parked astatine the White House implicit the weekend.

On Saturday, Trump said helium had no intention of repairing ties with Musk. On Monday, the president said helium would not person a occupation if Musk called.

"We had a bully relationship, and I conscionable privation him well," Trump said. Musk responded with a bosom emoji to a video connected X showing Trump's remarks.

Last week, Trump and Musk exchanged a flurry of insults after the world's richest antheral denounced Trump's taxation and spending measure arsenic a "disgusting abomination."

Musk's absorption has analyzable Republican efforts to walk Trump's "big, beauteous bill" successful Congress, wherever the enactment holds slim majorities successful the House of Representatives and Senate.

Since the dispute began past Thursday, Musk has deleted immoderate societal media posts captious of Trump, including 1 signaling enactment for impeaching the president.

Sources adjacent to Musk said his anger has started to subside, and they judge helium whitethorn privation to repair his narration with Trump.