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President Donald Trump took a break from his bitter public feud with Elon Musk by offering support to Tesla in an early morning post on Truth Social.
The Trump administration is reportedly looking for alternatives to Musk’s SpaceX as contractor for its Golden Dome missile defense system.
The olive branch comes amid reports that Trump’s name appears in the Epstein files—something Musk previously alluded to.
Amid a messy public falling out with Trump, Musk claimed in a since-deleted tweet from June the president was in the Epstein files.
As Amazon's star rises, Elon Musk's political pivot may have cost SpaceX billions in potential Golden Dome contract funding.
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“Elon knew it! He knew it! I always said. I always said that he’s a good guy who’s right about everything,” Colbert said with obvious sarcasm. “I mean, everything. It is a great idea to name a baby 420 Kleep-Klorp 69.” “And this is obviously the most beautiful shape for a car,” Colbert added as a photo of a Tesla Cybertruck appeared on screen.
Shares in Tesla were down in premarket trading as the carmaker lays out the risks from President Trump’s tariffs and his scrapping of tax credits.