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Global News Podcast

Trump-Musk relationship implodes with insults and threats

Global News Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Documentary

4.27.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are involved in a rapidly escalating row, a week after the billionaire businessman left his job as a US presidential adviser. Also: gaming fans queue to buy the Nintendo Switch 2.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

0:05.5

I'm Jackie Leonard, and in the early hours of Friday the 6th of June, these are our main stories.

0:10.8

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are having a furious and public row

0:15.0

a week after Mr. Musk left his job at the White House.

0:18.9

Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that Israel is arming a Palestinian militia in Gaza

0:23.4

that's been accused of looting aid convoys.

0:26.2

And Israel has carried out air strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs,

0:29.8

saying it's targeting Hezbollah drone production.

0:34.3

Also in this podcast...

0:36.2

We haven't been able to confirm, but MCC members will continuously attempt to communicate.

0:44.0

We need to never quit the lunar quest.

0:47.4

A Japanese company hoping to make lunar history has lost contact with a spacecraft it was trying to land on the moon.

1:03.5

It was probably inevitable that the bromance between the US President Donald Trump and the world's richest man Elon Musk wouldn't last forever.

1:07.8

And now just days after Mr Musk officially left his government post as head of

1:12.4

Doge, the two men are now embroiled in a very public row. After Mr. Musk criticized Mr. Trump's

1:18.8

spending bill, which he claimed would bankrupt America, President Trump told reporters in the Oval

1:24.3

Office that he was disappointed in Mr. Musk.

1:34.4

Elon and I had a great relationship. I don't know well anymore. I was surprised because he said wonderful things about me. You couldn't have nicer. It said the best thing. But I'm very disappointed

1:39.6

because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here.

1:45.6

And if you saw the statements he made about me, which I'm sure you can get very easily, it's very fresh on tape.

1:51.6

He said the most beautiful things about me.

1:53.9

And he hasn't said bad about me personally, but I'm sure that'll be next.

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