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President Trump 'Not Particularly' Interested in Musk Talks

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US President Donald Trump said he is "not particularly" interested in speaking with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk.

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In a telephone interview with broadcaster ABC News, Trump didn't appear to be too concerned with having fallen out with the man who spent at least $250 million (€218 million) in support for Trump during his campaign to return to the White House.

ABC news asked on Friday whether he had a call scheduled with Musk later that day.

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"You mean the man who has lost his mind?" Trump asked, before saying he was "not particularly" interested in talking to him at the moment.

Trump told the broadcaster that Musk wanted to talk to him, but that he wasn't ready to speak to Musk.

On Thursday, Trump had expressed disappointment with Musk over his criticism of his so-called "big, beautiful bill."

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Trump said the pair had a "great relationship" but that he didn't know whether they would have one going forward.

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That sparked a furious exchange on social media platforms with Musk questioning whether the president would have made it to the White House without his backing.

Musk then levelled allegations against Trump that he was "in the Epstein files" without producing evidence to support his claims.

Trump's previous association with the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, who hanged himself while awaiting trial, has been widely reported in the past.

Trump brought Musk into the White House to act as an adviser and head up  the cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) which ended a week ago, after spearheading massive layoffs in various government bodies and departments.

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Janine Wedel, an author and anthropologist who is an expert in corruption and power structures, has told DW that the public breakup of Donald Trump and Elon Musk is not a surprise because "oligarchies are inherently unstable."

"We were taking bets about just how many weeks or months Elon Musk might last, because one thing we know is that oligarchies are inherently unstable. Sooner or later, they start sparring with each other, and sooner or later there are breakups and reconfigurations," Wedel said.

She described how the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) which Trump appointed Musk to lead had "bypassed Congress" and other branches of government that "are supposed to contain this sort of phenomenon."

She also compared the US under Trump to post-Soviet Russia in the 1990s.

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