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Why Musk’s feud with Trump could risk his business empire

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, may have made himself an enemy of the world’s most powerful leader.

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The public blowout between Musk and President Trump is threatening the tech billionaire’s businesses, some of which have billions of dollars' worth of federal contracts.

Musk's aerospace company SpaceX alone reportedly has at least $22 billion in federal contracts — which Trump had threatened to revoke at the peak of his feud with his former adviser.

“Trump goes after people, companies and organizations he doesn’t like,” said Peter Loge, a political science professor at George Washington University and former senior FDA adviser during the Obama administration.

“As a real estate d

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