Musk says ‘credit is due’ to Trump despite president’s threat to deport him

Elon Musk aired a piece of praise for Donald Trump despite the president threatening to deport him amid their ongoing feud.

Musk paused his criticism of the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’, which is Trump’s signature domestic policy plan, to hail him on his work on another matter.

The tech billionaire shared Trump’s Truth Social post from Tuesday evening stating that Israel agreed to a 60-day ceasefire

Musk continued early Wednesday: ‘@realDonaldTrump has successfully resolved several serious conflicts around the world.’

Trump’s former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief commended him just hours after the president issued a stark warning to Musk for opposing his bill as it was up for approval in the Senate.

The president reiterated his claim that the Tesla CEO is upset about losing benefits for electric vehicles and that ‘he could lose a lot more than that’.

Asked if he would consider deporting Musk, who is a US citizen and South Africa native, Trump said, ‘We’ll have to take a look’.

‘We might have to put DOGE on Elon,’ Trump said.

‘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. Elon’s very upset that the EV mandate is going to be terminated.’

Late Monday, Trump wrote on Truth Social that Musk knew he was against the EV mandate and that he may get more subsidies than anyone else.

‘Without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa,’ Trump said.

‘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!!!’

Musk’s comment on the post was: ‘Just plain wrong. So disappointing.’

Beside that, though, Musk held back from further ripping Trump’s bill, which narrowly passed in the Senate and is being debated in the House.

‘So tempting to escalate this,’ Musk said. ‘So, so tempting. But I will refrain for now.’

Musk and Trump’s relationship went south after Musk departed the White House in late May. Since then, Trump’s focus has turned away from the drama with Musk to dealing with several world conflicts including the war between Israel and Hamas, and the war between Israel and Iran.

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