Memes flood the internet as Trump Musk feud goes public

White House aides were scheduling a call with Tesla boss Elon Musk to broker peace after a public feud with U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump threatened to cut off government contracts to Musk's companies, while Musk suggested Trump should be impeached, turning their relationship into an all-out brawl on social media.

Two White House officials familiar with the matter said Trump expressed confusion and frustration in the meeting about Musk's attacks on his sweeping tax and spending bill. But he held back, the officials said, because he wanted to preserve Musk's political and financial support ahead of the midterm elections.

By Thursday afternoon, Trump's mood had shifted. He had not spoken to Musk since the attacks began and was fuming over what one White House aide described as a "completely batshit" tirade by the Tesla CEO on X, his social media platform.


Musk had blasted Trump's tax bill as fiscally reckless and a "disgusting abomination." He vowed to oppose any Republican lawmaker who supported it. The bill would fulfill many of Trump's priorities while adding, according to the Congressional Budget Office, $2.4 trillion to the $36.2-trillion U.S. public debt.

Privately, Trump had called Musk volatile. On Thursday, he told his team, it was time to take the gloves off.

The confrontation between the world's wealthiest and the most powerful individuals have evoked sharp sarcasms from netizens who flooded social media platforms with memes.

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