Donald Trump says Elon Musk almost begged for subsidies, Musk says Trump needs to retire
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Trump has alleged that Musk used to claim that he was a big Trump fan and a Republican and that he begged for every other thing.
The budding friendship between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and former US President Donald Trump has taken a sour turn. Trump is now miffed with Musk for lying about voting for him in the presidential elections. Trump has also alleged that Musk used to claim that he was a big Trump fan and a Republican and that he begged for every other thing.
Musk’s inclination towards Trump and his party was not hidden from the world. In fact, in one of his tweets he had revealed that he is on the far right of the political spectrum. Trump too had called Musk, “a good man”, when the reports of Musk taking over Twitter surfaced on the internet. Musk had also publicly criticised Twitter executives for banning Trump from the platform. He had invited Trump to rejoin the social media site but his invitation was politely declined. However, the bonhomie ended rather too soon.
In an explosive post, Trump claimed that when he was the President of America, Musk went to the White House to seek help for many of his “subsidized projects”. He even went ahead to portray all his ventures as failures. “When Elon Musk came to the White House asking me for help on all of his many subsidized projects, whether it's electric cars that don't drive long enough, driverless cars that crash, or rocket ships to nowhere, without which subsidies he'd be worthless, and telling me how he was a big Trump fan and Republican, I could have said, "drop to your knees and beg," and he would have done it... “
Trump’s post was shared on Twitter by a user. Musk, who is known for his tongue-in-cheek humour, reacted to the post by writing, “LMAOO”, which is slang used to describe an incredibly funny incident.
During an Alaska event on Saturday, Trump attacked Musk for allegedly lying about voting for him. “He said the other day. He told me he voted for me, so he’s another bullshit artist,” Trump said.
Reacting to Trump’s allegations, Musk responded in a series of tweets saying that he does not hate Trump but the former president should sail into the sunset. “I don’t hate the man, but it’s time for Trump to hang up his hat and sail into the sunset,” Musk tweeted. “Dems should also call off the attack don’t make it so that Trump’s only way to survive is to regain the Presidency,” he added.
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