Tesla Faces Losing Billions After Trump-Musk Fallout
UNITED STATES, JUL 16 – House Speaker Mike Johnson said Elon Musk stopped responding after a text about the tax-and-spending bill and changed his phone number following a public fallout with Trump.
- Following the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Elon Musk changed his mobile phone number and stopped responding to House Speaker Mike Johnson's messages.
- 'It will bankrupt the country,' Musk warned, after being tapped to head the Department of Government Efficiency and facing subsidy cuts that Trump said could close Tesla plants.
- Revenue from state subsidies accounted for at least 38% of Tesla's 2024 profits, and Musk says thousands of Optimus robots will work in its factories by year-end.
- On Truth Social, President Donald Trump lamented Musk’s conduct as a 'TRAIN WRECK,' while Musk outlined plans for a new America Party to challenge both major parties.
- Projections suggest Tesla's market cap could reach $25 trillion by 2030, and Musk has announced plans to form a new political party challenging the established duopoly.
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