Trump finally breaks silence on Elon Musk's deportation and his explosive answer will shock you

The bitter feud between US President Donald Trump and his former advisor Elon Musk is back on. Trump said he would look at having Elon Musk deported to his native South Africa as their rift reignited and reached new heights amid the billionaire tech entrepreneur's latest wave of criticism of Trump's tax and budget bill.

Speaking to reporters outside the White House on Tuesday morning, Trump was asked about his spat with Musk as Congress negotiates the president’s “big, beautiful” bill, which the tech billionaire opposes. Earlier in the day, Trump said he might order the Department of Government Efficiency that Musk previously led to review the billions in contracts that his companies receive.

When asked about whether he could remove Musk from the U.S., the president replied: “I don‘t know, we’ll have to take a look.”


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"We'll have to take a look," Trump said when asked whether he will deport Musk. "We might have to put DOGE on Elon. You know what DOGE is? DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon. Wouldn't that be terrible? He gets a lot of subsidies."

“DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon,” Trump said. “Wouldn’t that be terrible?”

“He gets a lot of subsidies, but Elon is very upset that the EV mandate is going to be terminated,” Trump added.

In response to a clip of Trump’s remarks about deportation, Musk wrote on X: “So tempting to escalate this. So, so tempting. But I will refrain for now.”

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Earlier in the day, Trump lashed out at Musk after the Tesla boss renewed his criticisms of the One Big Beautiful Bill, calling it “utterly insane” and “political suicide.” “Elon may get more subsidies than any human being in history, by far, and without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa,” Trump posted online.

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“No more Rocket launches, Satellites, or Electric Car Production, and our Country would save a FORTUNE. Perhaps we should have DOGE take a good, hard, look at this? BIG MONEY TO BE SAVED!!!”

On Monday, the world's richest man, continued his criticism, saying lawmakers who had campaigned on cutting spending but backed the bill “should hang their heads in shame!” “And they will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth,” Musk said.

The SpaceX CEO called again for a new political party, saying the bill’s massive spending indicated “that we live in a one-party country – the PORKY PIG PARTY!!” Trump said Tuesday his former ally was upset because he lost the EV mandate in the bill.

Trump and Musk had an ugly spat earlier this month over the massive spending bill, which was undergoing a procedural vote late Saturday.

That spat culminated with Musk endorsing the impeachment and removal of his former chosen candidate. Musk later apologized to the president, who suggested that a reconciliation between the former allies is still possible.

The billionaire left the Trump administration and his role in DOGE on May 29, 130 days after Trump’s inauguration.