Musk says Trump would have lost election without him amid public dispute

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President Donald Trump is threatening to cancel entrepreneur and former Department of Government Efficiency leader Elon Musk’s federal contracts as the pair escalate their war of words that started after Musk railed against Trump’s signature legislative package.

In a stream of social media posts, Trump taunted Musk by contending “the easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts.”

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