Trump: ‘DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon’

President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to sic Elon Musk’s own Department of Government Efficiency against him, and would not rule out deporting the world’s wealthiest man.

“DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon,” the president told reporters outside the White House before departing.

The comments are the latest escalation of Trump’s feud with his one-time top political benefactor and demonstrate how serious a threat the administration considers Musk, who has spent the last few days railing against the president’s chief domestic priority.
Asked if he was considering deporting Musk to his native South Africa, Trump said “I don’t know, we’ll have to take a look.”

The head of X, Tesla and SpaceX threatened to use his immense wealth to start a new political party if the “One Big Beautiful Bill” secures congressional approval and his persistence threatens to upend months of delicate negotiations in the House and Senate.

Trump, shortly before 1 a.m., fired back, suggesting in a social media post that DOGE, the sprawling cost-cutting program that had once given Musk unprecedented power over the federal government, should be used to look at the myriad government subsidies Musk’s companies receive.

“Elon may get more subsidy than any human being in history, by far, and without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa,” Trump said.

“No more Rocket launches, Satellites, or Electric Car Production, and our Country would save a FORTUNE,” the president added. “Perhaps we should have DOGE take a good, hard, look at this?”

The post appeared to be in response to a post from Musk on Monday calling the GOP the “PORKY PIG PARTY” and floating “a new political party that actually cares about the people.”

Trump and Musk had a similar blowup last month, which quickly devolved into personal attacks. Musk, seeming contrite, then held his fire for a couple weeks — but as the legislation appeared on track in the Senate, he let loose again.

Musk has repeatedly slammed the bill because it would increase the federal deficit. Trump says the disagreement is over the bill’s slashing of an electric vehicle subsidy, which would undermine Tesla.

Trump reiterated Tuesday that Musk was angry about the cut EV subsidy — but added “Elon can lose a lot more than that, I can tell you right now.”

Musk in 2024 shattered fundraising records for the GOP, and before the blowup had reportedly vowed to give an additional $100 million to Trump’s political operation as the midterms approach.