President Donald Trump threatened to cut Elon Musk’s government contracts as their fractured alliance escalated into a public feud Thursday. The world’s richest man responded in kind, saying he’d decommission a space capsule used to take astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station.

Shares of Musk’s electric vehicle maker Tesla fell 14%, knocking about $150 billion off the company’s market valuation.

  • BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Trump is weaker than his fingers are short. He’s always throwing tantrums of threats that everyone just laughs at.