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The
former U.S. president said Musk would have "begged" him for
government subsidies, in a message on his own social media app,
Truth Social.
"When Elon Musk came to the White House asking me for help on
all of his many subsidized projects, whether it's electric cars
that don't drive long enough, driverless cars that crash, or
rocketships to nowhere, without which subsidies he'd be
worthless and tell me how he was a big Trump fan and Republican,
I could have said, "drop to your knees and beg," and he would
have done it," Trump wrote.
In response, Musk tweeted, "Lmaooo" - shorthand for “laughing my
ass off."
Musk said on Monday, "I don't hate the man, but it's time for
Trump to hang up his hat & sail into the sunset."
Musk, who previously said he was leaning towards supporting
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for president in 2024, said
DeSantis would easily defeat President Joe Biden in the
election.
Musk's remarks were in response to comments Trump made at a
political rally on Saturday where he called Musk a "Bull***t
artist" for claiming that he had never voted Republican until
this June. “He told me he voted for me," Trump said.
(Reporting by Hyunjoo Jin, Shivam Patel and Ann Maria Shibu in
Bengaluru; Editing by Bradley Perrett and Stephen Coates)
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