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Trump/Musk Feud: Possible Impact on AI Regulation, Budget Bill, Government Contracts


President Donald Trump and special advisor Elon Musk traded verbal blows on Thursday as the 2025 budget bill was discussed in the Senate.

President Donald Trump participating in a press conference when Elon Musk was departing as a DOGE advisor. Image: The White House/Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License

The brewing conflict between US President Donald Trump and businessman and special government advisor Elon Musk escalated on Thursday, leading to a public feud that could impact Musk’s tech companies. The future of AI regulation is also caught in the middle.

Trump’s budget bill, which contains many of the changes and agendas he campaigned on, is in discussion in the Senate. It includes an end to tax credits for electric vehicles and forbids states from regulating AI if those states want to maintain access to federal broadband funding.

Musk criticized the budget bill’s cuts to energy and ...


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