The feud between Elon Musk and Donald Trump seems to have gone from a full boil to a simmer over the weekend, but don’t rule out the possibility of the heat getting turned up again. In a conversation with NBC News , Trump said he has no interest in making nice with Musk right now, but did make it clear that if the billionaire decides to switch parties and back Democratic candidates, “he’ll have to pay consequences for that.”
Trump being Trump, he didn’t explain what those potential retaliatory actions might be, just told NBC they will be “very serious consequences.” Of course, it’s not terribly hard to imagine the levers Trump might pull. He has already threatened to cancel the billions of dollars worth of government contracts that Musk’s companies currently count on, and his close al