Clash of the Titans: Trump and Musk's Public Fallout Sends Shockwaves Through Washington

[Mavideol]

8 hours ago, LosLobo said:

Trump vs. Musk: 8 Ways Their Feud Could Unfold

The growing feud between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk could have significant political and economic consequences. Here are eight ways their conflict could escalate:

What Musk Could Do:

1. Fund Opposition Campaigns: Musk could use his billions to fund campaigns against Trump and Republicans, even withholding the final $100 million of his pledge to support Trump.

2. Social Media as a Weapon: He could leverage X (formerly Twitter) to stir controversy, like proposing a new political party and supporting Trump’s impeachment.

3. Expose Trump: Musk might drag Trump into controversy by alleging that Trump’s administration delayed the release of Epstein-related files due to his involvement.

4. Disrupt Government Operations: Musk could threaten to decommission SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, halting critical NASA operations.

What Trump Could Do:

1. Cut Contracts: Trump could end government contracts with Musk’s companies, including SpaceX and Tesla, potentially costing Musk billions.

2. Investigate Musk: Trump could push for investigations into Musk’s naturalized citizenship and past drug use.

3. Revoke Security Clearance: Trump could revoke Musk’s top-secret clearance, making it difficult for Musk to continue his work with NASA.

4. Use Presidential Powers: Trump could use executive orders or direct investigations to target Musk’s projects or personal interests.

This high-stakes feud could reshape the political and economic landscape in unpredictable ways.

Credit: The New York Times, Kellen Browning, June 5, 2025.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/05/us/trump-elon-musk#musk-trump-attacks-feud

interesting concept, unfortunately none of them can do much about cancelling the contracts as there are too many legal issues involved, if Trump end the contract Musk will go after the government and that will cost  billions/trillions in legal fees, if Musk stops doing what he was supposed to do and signed up to do with his companies, then there's breach of contract and the government will go after him costing him billions/trillions in legal fees, the only thing they both can do is what they are doing washing the dirt laundry on the lame media and knowing Trump he's preparing the sell the rights of this soap opera to the highest bidder

[stevenl]

How long before South Africans sre banned from entering?

[ExpatOilWorker]

Musk will go full John McAfee. Drugs, murder, assassinations, all of it and then some. 

[Tug]

5 hours ago, riclag said:

Thats a bingo!During the “Look over there” back & fourth Elon comes out with a poll showing the displeasure with the GOP establishment .Lots of deep fakes going on.

 

 

Epstein mentioned: Somebody needed to open the flood gate for the release of the Epstein files of which shows Trump hitching a ride on the Lolita Express to destinations that didn’t involve youngins , way back when!

imop

 

 

Love AOCs comment on this hissed fitt she said aw look the girls are fighting kinda fits lmao 🤣 

[ExpatOilWorker]

[Tug]

9 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

Brilliant thanks omg I’m still chuckling 🤭 

[Felton Jarvis]

23 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

I think this is just a reflection on American men in general.

95% of one’s I have met and seen carry on like bitching Karens. 
It is their culture.

They remind me of dumb women.

Another anti-American poster makes it to my "ignore list".

[sharot724]

8 minutes ago, Felton Jarvis said:

Another anti-American poster makes it to my "ignore list".

His posts show who is the one that reminds me of dumb women

[spidermike007]

10 hours ago, Tug said:

Love AOCs comment on this hissed fitt she said aw look the girls are fighting kinda fits lmao 🤣 

Trump behaves very much like a very weak young girl who does not get her way, complaining, whining, and always the victim on one level or another. It's a rather pathetic display of a weak personality, and very low self esteem, sad traits for a man his age, then again many times he appears to be a 13-year-old an extremely old body. 

[spidermike007]

Musk certainly brought up a very touchy subject when he mentioned Epstein, prior to 2015 there were countless entries online about how close their friendship was and about how much time Trump spent with Epstein at the mansion and on the island. As of the beginning of 2015 all of that was erased from Google. 

 

We know Trump is morally bankrupt, and we know Trump is depraved, and we know that he used to be quite a sex freak and he's admitted to loving young girls, we also know that he was very close friends with Jeffrey Epstein for a 10 or 15 year period, so why wouldn't he have spent time at the mansion, and why wouldn't he have gone to the island? 

 

Trump was at one point friends with Epstein. “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy,” Trump told New York magazine in 2002, before there were any public allegations of wrongdoing against multimillionaire money manager. “He’s a lot of fun to be with," Trump said then. "It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side."

 

"I was never on Epstein’s Plane, or at his ‘stupid’ Island,” Trump said in a social media post in January.

 

Flight logs released in 2021 as part of Maxwell’s trial, however, indicated Trump flew on the plane seven times. The logs don't include the ages of the passengers, despite Lieu's assertion there were "young girls aboard." 

 

Something I’ve heard that doesn’t seem to be being covered are the Epstein files. These files were released. Donald Trump is sort of all over this. There are pictures of him with Jeffrey Epstein. He’s taken multiple plane flights with Epstein, with young girls aboard. He’s in call logs with Epstein,” Lieu told reporters Tuesday, urging them to look into the "highly disturbing" allegations.

 

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/national-international/trump-epstein-files-their-relationship-what-to-know/3425592/