(NewsNation) — In the latest strike against onetime supporter and adviser Elon Musk, President Donald Trump plans to give away or sell his Tesla, a senior White House official told NewsNation.
Trump purchased the vehicle in March to support Musk, whose enterprises faced boycotts, vandalism and dropping stocks because of his Oval Office affiliation.
Politico late Thursday night reported the pair were expected to speak Friday in a call scheduled by White House aides, signaling a potential pause in animosity.
However, as of Friday, Trump and Musk have not spoken, and no phone call is currently planned, a White House official told NewsNation.
The pair’s public feud, which has played out primarily via social media, has culminated in bombshell accusations against the president and a major hit to Tesla stock.
Why are Trump and Elon Musk fighting?
For months, Trump and Musk have remained united in their quest to reduce federal spending and reshape the government — until the duo’s relationship imploded this week.
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 11: U.S. President Donald Trump and White House Senior Advisor, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sit in a Tesla Model S on the South Lawn of the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump spoke out against calls for a boycott of Elon Musk’s companies and said he would purchase a Tesla vehicle in what he calls a ‘show of confidence and support’ for Elon Musk. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 11: U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by White House Senior Advisor, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, speaks next to a Tesla Model S on the South Lawn of the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump spoke out against calls for a boycott of Elon Musk’s companies and said he would purchase a Tesla vehicle in what he calls a ‘show of confidence and support’ for Elon Musk. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump, right, and Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., shake hands during a news conference in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, May 30, 2025. The event gives an opportunity for the president and his largest campaign benefactor to dispel any notion of an acrimonious divorce. Photographer: Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg via Getty Images
U.S. President Donald J. Trump greets Tesla CEO Elon Musk before a state dinner at the Lusail Palace on May 14, 2025, in Doha, Qatar. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Elon Musk speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Elon Musk flashes his T-shirt that reads “DOGE” to the media as he walks on South Lawn of the White House on March 9. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
President Trump speaks in front of a Tesla Model S with Elon Musk, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., March 11, 2025.
President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
FILE – President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk, joined by his son X Æ A-Xii, speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Elon Musk, left, shakes hands with President Donald Trump at the finals for the NCAA wrestling championship, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
President Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk talk to reporters near Tesla vehicles on the South Lawn of the White House, March 11, 2025, in Washington. (Pool via Associated Press)
Elon Musk attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, Monday, March 24, 2025. (Pool via AP)
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk listens as then-Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, along with his son X Æ A-Xii, speaks to reporters by a Tesla vehicle on the South Lawn of the White House Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in Washington. (Pool via AP)
“I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination,” Musk said Tuesday on his social platform X.
“Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it,” Musk added.
A source told NewsNation that House Speaker Mike Johnson described Musk as being “hung up on spending.”
The posts escalated until Musk said it was “time to drop the really big bomb.” He accused Trump of being named in the Jeffrey Epstein files and claimed that was the reason the files hadn’t been made public yet. Earlier this year, Trump disclosed the files to a small group of conservative influencers.
Trump fired back in posts of his own on Truth Social, including one in which he wrote that Musk was “wearing thin,” and “he just went crazy.”
Trump threatens to cut government contracts with Elon Musk
On Thursday, Trump floated the idea of canceling government contracts with Musk’s companies, calling it the “easiest way” to cut “billions and billions.”
A Washington Post analysis from February found Musk’s companies have accepted at least $38 billion from the government in the past two decades.
Roughly two-thirds of that money was awarded in the past five years, as SpaceX worked alongside NASA to build up its moon program.
Responding to the president’s threat, Musk said, “Go ahead, make my day.”
Tesla takes a hit after public Trump-Elon Musk feud
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