{"id":30279,"date":"2025-06-05T20:50:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T20:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/tesla-stock-price-plunges-as-trump-suggests-stripping-elon-musks-companies-of-federal-contracts\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T20:50:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T20:50:33","slug":"tesla-stock-price-plunges-as-trump-suggests-stripping-elon-musks-companies-of-federal-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/tesla-stock-price-plunges-as-trump-suggests-stripping-elon-musks-companies-of-federal-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla stock price plunges as Trump suggests stripping Elon Musk&#8217;s companies of federal contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Tesla shares plunged on Thursday as an <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-german-chancellor-merz-meeting-white-house-today-2025-06-05\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">increasingly bitter spat<\/a><\/span> between CEO Elon Musk and President Trump erupted in public, with Mr. Trump suggesting the federal government could strip Musk&#8217;s companies of their federal contracts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tesla&#8217;s stock tumbled by as much as 18% in intraday trading \u2014 the electric car maker&#8217;s sharpest selloff in almost five years \u2014 before regaining some ground to close down 14.3%, or $47.35. The drop wiped out about $151 billion in Tesla&#8217;s market value.<\/p>\n<p>The shares resumed their decline in after-hours trading.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The plunge comes as Mr. Trump and Musk, the world&#8217;s richest person, traded barbs on social media on Thursday. Musk has ratcheted up his criticism of Mr. Trump&#8217;s &#8220;<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/gop-senators-change-in-trumps-house-passed-one-big-beautiful-bill\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">big, beautiful bill<\/a><\/span>&#8221; tax and spending bill this week, calling it &#8220;a disgusting abomination&#8221; on Tuesday as Congress pushes to send the legislation to the president by July 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Musk has <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/elon-musk-slams-trump-one-big-beautiful-bill-as-disgusting-abomination\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">denounced<\/a><\/span> the bill for its price tag, with the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office forecasting yesterday that the legislation would increase <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/congressional-budget-office-cbo-estimate-trump-big-beautiful-bill-deficit-health-insurance\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">annual budget deficits<\/a><\/span> by a total of $2.4 trillion over the next decade.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump criticized Musk on Truth Social, his social media app, on Thursday, suggesting that one way the government could cut spending is to withdraw government contract from Musk&#8217;s companies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon&#8217;s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. 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