Trump and Musk exchanged comments on social media as the president made threats to terminate Musk's governmental subsidies and contracts, and alleged that Musk is upset because he canceled the federal electric vehicle mandate imposed by the Biden administration.

Elon Musk and Donald Trump hurled insults at each other all day on Thursday after the president’s former ally attacked the bill containing his entire legislative agenda. And though Musk had somewhat backed off his hardline stance a few hours later,