Trump Tells Musk to “Head Back Home to South Africa” in Escalating Feud

Published on July 1, 2025
U.S. oligarch Elon Musk shakes hands with President Donald Trump while attending the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship on March 22, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

After Musk threatened to form a new political party, the president fired back with a nativist attack, accusing the billionaire of being a subsidy addict and threatening to have his own companies investigated.