On June 5, as the feud between the two erstwhile besties escalated, Trump posted on his Truth Social Platform, “The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn’t do it!”

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would not drop the Starlink service made by Elon Musk's SpaceX company, calling it a good service.

But Mr. Trump’s warnings to his former ally are backed by several ways the White House could punish the world’s richest man.