Trump Warns Elon Musk of Possible Serious Consequences for Supporting Democrats
- NewsBlend360
- Jun 8
- 3 min read
By NEWS BLEND 360
Updated 12:40 AM EDT, June 8, 2025
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (NB360) — President Donald Trump continues his conflict with Elon Musk, stating on Saturday that he has no intention of mending their relationship and warning that his former ally and campaign supporter could face “serious consequences” if he assists Democrats in the upcoming elections.
In a phone interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker, Trump mentioned he has no plans to reconcile with Musk. When asked if he believed his relationship with the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX was over, Trump replied, “I would assume so, yeah.”
“I’m too busy doing other things,” Trump added. “You know, I won an election in a landslide. I gave him a lot of breaks, long before this happened, I gave him breaks in my first administration, and saved his life in my first administration, I have no intention of speaking to him.”
The president also issued a warning amid discussions that Musk might support Democratic lawmakers and candidates in the 2026 midterm elections.
“If he does, he’ll have to pay the consequences for that,” Trump told NBC, though he declined to specify what those consequences would be. Musk’s businesses have numerous lucrative federal contracts.
The president’s latest remarks suggest Musk is transitioning from a close ally to a potential new target for Trump, who has aggressively used his office’s powers to suppress critics and punish perceived adversaries. As a major government contractor, Musk’s businesses could be particularly vulnerable to retaliation. Trump has already threatened to terminate Musk’s contracts, calling it an easy way to save money.
The dramatic split between the president and the world’s wealthiest man began this week with Musk’s public criticism of Trump’s “big beautiful bill” pending on Capitol Hill. Musk warned that the bill would increase the federal deficit and labeled it a “disgusting abomination.”
Trump criticized Musk in the Oval Office, and soon after, he and Musk began exchanging bitter personal attacks on social media, causing the White House and GOP congressional leaders to scramble to assess the fallout.
As the exchanges intensified, Musk suggested Trump should be impeached and claimed without evidence that the government was concealing information about the president’s association with infamous pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Musk appeared by Saturday morning to have deleted his posts about Epstein.
Vice President JD Vance in an interview attempted to downplay the feud. He said Musk was making a “huge mistake” by going after Trump but described him as an “emotional guy” who was getting frustrated.
“I hope that eventually Elon comes back into the fold. Maybe that’s not possible now because he’s gone so nuclear,” Vance said.
Vance called Musk an “incredible entrepreneur,” and praised Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, which aimed to reduce government spending and laid off or pushed out thousands of workers, as “really good.”
Vance made these comments in an interview with “ manosphere” comedian Theo Von, who last month joked about snorting drugs off a mixed-race baby and the sexuality of men in the U.S. Navy when he opened for Trump at a military base in Qatar.
The Vance interview was taped Thursday as Musk’s posts were unfolding on X, the social media network the billionaire owns.
During the interview, Von showed the vice president Musk’s claim that Trump’s administration hasn’t released all the records related to Epstein because Trump is mentioned in them.
Vance responded to that, saying, “Absolutely not. Donald Trump didn’t do anything wrong with Jeffrey Epstein.”
“This stuff is just not helpful,” Vance said in response to another post shared by Musk calling for Trump to be impeached and replaced with Vance.
“It’s totally insane. The president is doing a good job.”
Vance also defended the bill that has drawn Musk’s ire, stating its primary goal was not to cut spending but to extend the 2017 tax cuts approved in Trump’s first term.
The bill would reduce spending and taxes but also leave about 10.9 million more people without health insurance and increase deficits by $2.4 trillion over the decade, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
“It’s a good bill,” Vance said. “It’s not a perfect bill.”
The interview was taped in Nashville at a restaurant owned by musician Kid Rock, a Trump ally.
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