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Bloomberg
2 days ago
- Politics
- Bloomberg
SpaceX Is A Hard Company To Quit For The US Government
Howdy Earthlings, it's Loren Grush in Austin. The dust seems to have settled from the Trump-Musk feud heard 'round the world, but it definitely shook a lot of people in the government, especially those at the Pentagon. But first... Three things you need to know today:
BBC News
12-06-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
BBC News quiz of the week: What's Alex Warren's record-breaking number one hit called?
This week saw Donald Trump and Elon Musk have a very public falling out, cities across Iran ban dog walking, and Zia Yusuf rejoin Reform UK's party leadership, just days after quitting as how much attention did you pay to what else happened in the world over the past seven days?Quiz collated by Ben Fell. Fancy testing your memory? Try last week's quiz, or have a go at something from the archives.
Fox News
12-06-2025
- Business
- Fox News
Poll: Musk's favorability among Republicans drops 16 points after Trump feud
The war of words between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, the world's richest man, appears to be over, and there are signs of some reconciliation. However, a new poll suggests that the verbal attacks by Musk, who spent the first four months of Trump's second administration as a special White House advisor steering the recently created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), have hurt his standing among Republicans. Sixty-two percent of Republicans hold a favorable opinion of Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released on Wednesday. That is down 16 points from a Quinnipiac survey in March, when 78% of Republicans viewed Musk in a favorable way. Among all voters, 30% held a favorable opinion of Musk, with 57% viewing him unfavorably. Favorable opinions of Musk dropped six points from Quinnipiac's March survey, with the unfavorable rating holding steady. Musk went all in for Trump last summer and autumn. He endorsed the then-GOP presidential nominee in July right after the assassination attempt against Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. Musk became the top donor of the 2024 election cycle, dishing out nearly $300 million in support of Trump's bid through America PAC, a mostly Musk-funded super PAC aligned with Trump. Trump named Musk to steer DOGE soon after the November election, and the president repeatedly praised Musk during his headline-making and controversial tenure at DOGE. The feud broke out days after Musk left the White House late last month, as he dubbed the administration's massive landmark spending bill - which Trump calls his "big, beautiful bill" - a "disgusting abomination," which he said would sink the nation into unsustainable debt. Musk also argued that Trump would not have won last year's presidential election without all his support. Trump and Musk traded fire with blistering social media posts, with Musk even claiming without evidence that the government was concealing information about Trump's association with infamous pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Musk later deleted the post. Musk on Wednesday wrote on his well-watched X account, "I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far." Trump said in a podcast interview with the New York Post that was published on Wednesday that "things like that happen. I don't blame him for anything." However, when asked about Musk's apology as he spoke with reporters later in the day, the president said "I really haven't thought too much about it." During his months at DOGE, Musk aimed, but fell far short, of trimming $2 trillion from the federal government's budget. According to the Quinnipiac poll, 38% of voters said that Musk did an excellent or good job at DOGE, with 57% describing his tenure as not so good or poor. However, 80% of Republicans questioned said Musk's work was excellent or good, with just 13% viewing his tenure at DOGE as not so good or poor. "Though Musk isn't as popular with Republicans as he once was, he and DOGE get a hearty high five from a healthy majority of Republicans," Quinnpiac University polling analyst Tim Malloy said in a statement. The Quinnipiac poll was conducted June 5-9, with 1,265 registered voters across the country questioned. The survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus 2.8 percentage points.
Daily Mail
12-06-2025
- Automotive
- Daily Mail
Elon Musk phoned Donald Trump to try and fix their feud after 'regretting' his scathing posts about the President
The apparent end of the feud between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk came after the Tesla boss place a call to the politician. The tech tycoon had been seeking to claw his way back into Trump's good side with a series of surprisingly positive social media posts about the President. Trump, meanwhile, continued to wish him 'well' - apparently taking notice and easing his threats to try to shred the government contracts held by Musk's companies. Now, it has been revealed that Musk phoned Trump late on Monday before he offered his public admission of regret, The New York Times reported. The moment came after Musk spoke on Friday with Vice President JD Vance and White House Chief Of Staff Susie Wiles, according to the Times. 'I regret some of my posts about President Donald Trump last week. They went too far,' Musk posted on Wednesday. Trump said on Saturday that he thought his relationship with Musk was effectively over, and at the weekend he warned of 'serious consequences' if the Tesla boss were to start financially supporting Democrats. It came after Musk described Trump's tax bill as a 'disgusting abomination'. By Monday afternoon, the day of the call, Trump was taking a softer tone. He told a New York Post podcaster he had 'no hard feelings '. When asked if he could ever bury the hatchet, Trump said: 'I guess I could. He went after a bill that's phenomenal, it's the best thing we've ever signed in this country. And when he did that I was not a happy camper. So, it's too bad.' Last month, Trump had presented Musk with a golden key to the White House, only to see their relationship blow up over a series of escalating attacks and threats. During a podcast appearance with Theo Von that aired on Saturday, Vance hinted at a potential truce. He said: 'Elon, he's an incredible entrepreneur. And look, man, I'm always going to be loyal to the president, and I hope that eventually Elon kind of comes back into the fold.' On Wednesday afternoon, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt gave the first public reaction from Trump's side to Musk saying he went 'too far'. She said: 'The president acknowledged the statement that Elon put out this morning, and he is appreciative of it, and we are continuing to focus on the business of the American people.' She also didn't give any indication of a government-wide review of the multi-billion contracts for work Musk's companies do for the U.S. government. 'No efforts have been made on that front, as far as I'm aware,' Leavitt said. The rapprochement comes just days after Trump stashed his red Model S Tesla out of public view, in a tangible display of how the relationship had deteriorated. Hours after Trump introduced the idea that he may move his new car around 'a little bit,' the vehicle had vanished by Tuesday from the prime parking spot it had occupied on White House grounds since he purchased it. A White House official, pressed for details, refused to provide additional information to on its whereabouts, saying: 'We're not playing Where's Waldo. If you don't see it, you don't see it.' Trump was coy when a reporter asked him about the car on Monday after he spent the preceding days warring with Musk by threatening his government contracts. Musk had originally published and deleted a post saying the feds had additional information on Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein files and even suggested the President should be impeached. Trump said Musk would face 'serious consequences' if he backed Democrats, although the Tesla boss later appeared to be using his X account to try to claw himself back into Trump's good graces. Amid the threats and counter-threats, reporters wanted to know if Trump would keep the car and maintain the Starlink Internet service installed for the White House by Musk's DOGE aides, despite reported warnings by government security experts. The Tesla remains a fixation, and there were media reports Trump was considering selling it amid the astonishing breach with his former first buddy. 'No, I haven't heard that. I mean, I may move the Tesla around a little bit, but I don't think we'll be doing that with Starlink. It's a good service,' Trump responded. The car, which lists for about $80,000, has Florida tags, giving Trump more street parking options if he moves it back to Mar-a-Lago. He also could store the car at his nearby golf club just across the Potomac River in Sterling, Virginia. Trump says he paid for it with a check.
Russia Today
11-06-2025
- Business
- Russia Today
Trump says he could forgive Musk
US President Donald Trump says he could forgive Elon Musk after a public falling-out that saw the Tesla CEO lash out over one of the administration's flagship policy initiatives. The dispute between the two men, who were once close allies, turned ugly last week over what Trump called his 'Big Beautiful' tax and spending bill. Musk, who recently stepped down as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), repeatedly criticized the bill, arguing it undermined his efforts to cut waste from the federal budget. Musk accused Trump of 'ingratitude,' while backing calls for his impeachment and threatening to hamstring the US space program by grounding the Dragon spacecraft. Trump fired back, saying Musk had 'gone crazy,' blaming the spat on the end of the 'EV mandate' – a reference to federal incentives that had benefited Tesla. Musk responded with a now-deleted post that linked Trump to deceased convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. In an interview published by The New York Post on Wednesday, Trump said 'I have no hard feelings. But I was really surprised that that happened.' He called the bill 'phenomenal' and said he was disappointed by Musk's response. 'When he did that, I was not a happy camper.' Asked if he could forgive Musk, Trump replied: 'I guess I could,' adding that he was now focused on how to 'straighten out the country.' Hours before the interview aired, Musk appeared to say he was sorry about attacking the president. He wrote on X that he regrets 'some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week,' adding that 'They went too far.' Musk did not clarify which of his posts he was referring to. Media reports have suggested that his associates and the White House are engaged in backchannel communications aimed at easing tensions. Asked about the apology in a follow-up call with the Post on Wednesday morning, Trump said: 'I thought it was very nice that he (Musk) did that.'
