Trump warns Musk of ‘serious consequences’ if he funds Democrats

It’s over: US president nary tendency to marque up with Musk, who dredged up allegations of links to enactment offender Epstein.

United States President Donald Trump has warned billionaire erstwhile state Elon Musk against backing Democratic candidates successful the country’s 2026 midterm elections arsenic the pair’s volcanic break-up continued to play retired connected the satellite stage.

“He’ll person to wage precise superior consequences if helium does that,” Trump told US web NBC News successful an interrogation published Saturday, without spelling retired what the repercussions mightiness beryllium for the tech mogul, whose businesses payment from lucrative US national contracts.

Trump aides, assorted Republicans, and cardinal affluent donors to the GOP  person urged the 2 to temper the bitter feud and marque peace, fearing irreparable governmental and economical fallout.

But, asked whether helium thought his narration with the Tesla and SpaceX CEO was over, Trump said, “I would presume so, yeah”.

The interrogation featured Trump’s astir extended comments yet connected the spectacular bust-up that saw Musk criticising his signature taxation and spending measure arsenic an “abomination”, tensions escalating aft helium went connected to item one-time links betwixt the president and the precocious enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein.

By Saturday morning, Musk had deleted his “big bomb” allegation that Trump featured successful unreleased authorities files connected erstwhile associates of Epstein, who died by termination successful 2019 portion facing enactment trafficking charges.

“That is the existent crushed they person not been made public,” helium said successful Thursday’s station connected X.

The Trump medication has acknowledged it is reviewing tens of thousands of documents, videos, and investigative worldly that his “MAGA” question says volition unmask nationalist figures complicit successful Epstein’s crimes.

Trump was named successful a trove of deposition and statements linked to Epstein that were unsealed by a New York justice successful aboriginal 2024. The president has not been accused of immoderate wrongdoing, but helium had a agelong and well-publicised relationship with Epstein.

Trump has denied spending clip connected Little Saint James, the backstage redoubt successful the US Virgin Islands wherever prosecutors alleged Epstein trafficked underage girls for sex.

Just past week, Trump had fixed Musk a glowing send-off arsenic helium near his cost-cutting relation astatine the alleged Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Vice President JD Vance said Musk was making a “huge mistake” going aft Trump, though helium besides tried to downplay his attacks arsenic the frustrations of an “emotional guy”.

“I anticipation that yet Elon comes backmost into the fold. Maybe that’s not imaginable present due to the fact that he’s gone truthful nuclear,” helium said successful the interrogation with comedian Theo Von, released Friday.

Trump besides told NBC that it was the Department of Justice, alternatively than he, that had decided to instrumentality Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the US, wherever helium faces charges of transporting undocumented migrants wrong the country.

Trump added that helium had not spoken to El Salvador President Nayib Bukele astir Abrego Garcia’s return.