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Business Insider
an hour ago
- Automotive
- Business Insider
Musk is leaving the government. Trump is keeping 2 things.
President Donald Trump said he plans to keep the White House's Starlink internet service and Tesla vehicle he bought. "I may move the Tesla around a little bit, but I don't think we'll be doing that with Starlink. It's a good service," Trump told reporters on Monday. He did not specify where the Tesla vehicle could be moved. "I have a lot of locations. I had so many locations that I don't know what to do with them all," Trump said on Monday. Trump was speaking at the Invest America Roundtable event when he was asked about his relationship with Elon Musk, who runs Tesla and Starlink parent company SpaceX. Musk was a prominent backer and supporter of Trump, but their relationship appeared to break down last week. Musk publicly kicked off the row by criticizing Trump's signature tax bill. He also agreed with an X post that called for Trump's impeachment before deleting it. In March, The New York Times reported that the White House had installed Musk's satellite internet service. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told The Times that Starlink would "improve Wi-Fi connectivity on the complex." Trump bought a red Tesla Model S during a White House event in March. He said the purchase was a show of support for Musk. On Thursday, Trump told reporters that he was "very disappointed" at Musk's recent behavior. The president later threatened to cancel the subsidies and contracts that Musk's businesses had received from the government, calling it "the easiest way to save money in our Budget." A senior White House official confirmed to Business Insider on Friday that Trump was considering selling or giving away the car. Trump struck a more conciliatory tone on Monday. "Look, I wish him well. You understand? We had a good relationship, and I just wish him well," Trump told reporters. But when asked if he would speak to Musk soon, Trump said he had not thought about it. "I can imagine he wants to speak to me. I would think so. If I were him, I would want to speak to me and maybe he also already called. You have to ask him whether or not he has already called. But I would have no problem with it," Trump said. The White House, Tesla, and SpaceX did not respond to requests for comment from BI.
Straits Times
7 hours ago
- Politics
- Straits Times
Trump says Iran is involved in Gaza hostage negotiations
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an Invest America Roundtable in the State Dining room, at the White House, in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday Iran is involved in negotiations aimed at arranging a ceasefire-for-hostages deal between Israel and Hamas. "Gaza right now is in the midst of a massive negotiation between us and Hamas and Israel, and Iran actually is involved, and we'll see what's going to happen with Gaza. We want to get the hostages back," Trump told reporters during an event in the White House State Dining Room. Trump did not elaborate and the White House did not immediately respond to a request for details of Iran's involvement. Iran's mission to the United Nations in New York did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The United States has proposed a 60-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Israel said it would abide by the terms but Hamas thus far has rejected the plan. Under the proposal 28 Israeli hostages - alive and dead - would be released in the first week, in exchange for the release of 1,236 Palestinian prisoners and the remains of 180 dead Palestinians. The United States and Iran are also separately trying to negotiate a deal on Tehran's nuclear program. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Straits Times
9 hours ago
- Business
- Straits Times
Trump says meeting on Iran nuclear deal planned for June 12
US President Donald Trump speaks during an Invest America Roundtable at the White House on June 9. PHOTO: REUTERS WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on June 9 said the US and Iran would continue talks on June 12 for a nuclear deal, adding that Tehran was a tough negotiator and that the main impediment to an agreement was over enrichment. 'We're doing a lot of work on Iran right now,' Mr Trump told reporters at an economic event at the White House. 'It's tough. ... They're great negotiators.' 'They're just asking for things that you can't do. They don't want to give up what they have to give up,' he added. 'They seek enrichment. We can't have enrichment. We want just the opposite. And so far, they're not there.' 'They have given us their thoughts on the deal. And I said, you know, it's just not acceptable,' Mr Trump said as Tehran plans to hand Washington a counter-proposal. Mr Trump also said he discussed Iran among other topics with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on June 9, adding that the call went well. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
9 hours ago
- Politics
National Guard is armed but no bullets in chamber
APPLENEWS - STORY ADD LA immigration protests live updates: 700 Marines deployed to Los Angeles They're expected to arrive over the next 24 hours, a U.S. official confirmed. By Jack Moore, , Kevin Shalvey and Leah Sarnoff June 9, 2025, 4:27 PM ET 700 Marines in California ordered to assist in Los Angeles Seven-hundred Marines in California have been ordered to assist in Los Angeles and they're expected to arrive over the next 24 hours, a U.S. official Tensions are escalating in Los Angeles as protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement grip the city, with demonstrators clashing with law enforcement and setting vehicles on fire downtown. President Donald Trump deployed 2,000 National Guardsmen to "address the lawlessness," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. But California Gov. Gavin Newsom asked the administration to rescind the deployment, saying Trump is trying "to manufacture a crisis" and that the president is "hoping for chaos so he can justify more crackdowns, more fear, more control." 0 Jun 09, 4:27 PM EDT Trump says Newsom should 'be happy' he sent in National Guard President Donald Trump is defending his decision to send the National Guard into Los Angeles and said California Gov. Gavin Newsom should be "happy." "He should only be happy I sent in the military, because if I didn't send them and you would've had a problem, they're the likes of which we haven't seen in a long time," Trump said at a roundtable Monday. President Donald Trump speaks during an Invest America Roundtable in the State Dining room, at the White House, in Washington, June 9, implied that the situation in LA is improving. "It's lucky for the people in Los Angeles and in California that we did what we did. We got it just in time," Trump said. "It's still simmering a little bit, but not very much." In 2020, Trump said at an ABC News town hall that "we can't call in the National Guard" to cities "unless we're requested by a governor." Trump's comments came after he sought to respond to racial justice demonstrations in cities in the summer of 2020. "I can call insurrection but there's no reason to ever do that," Trump said at the time. On Monday, when asked by ABC News what's changed since 2020, Trump said that the National Guard shouldn't be sent in without approval from local officials but the difference is that California has an "incompetent governor." "He's destroying one of our great states. And if I didn't get involved, if we didn't bring the guard -- and we would bring more in if we needed it -- because we have to make sure there's going to be law and order," Trump said. The 101 Freeway is reopened and littered with debris including a 40mm Flash Bang canister, after it was closed down Sunday by protesters in Los Angeles, June 9, 2025. Jill Connelly/Reuters -ABC News' Michelle Stoddart, Ben Siegel and Karen Travers The National Guardsmen on active duty in Los Angeles are carrying weapons but don't have rounds in the chamber, and they aren't using rubber bullets or pepper spray, according to a U.S. official. Members of the California national guard stand in tear gas while trying to clear protesters at the metropolitan detention center in downtown Los Angeles, June 8, Hong/AP The Rules of Force that they are operating under call for them to de-escalate any incidents as much as possible, two U.S. officials said. They also have the right to self-defense. -ABC News' Luis Martinez Jun 09, 4:07 PM EDT 700 Marines deployed to Los Angeles Seven-hundred Marines in California have been ordered to assist in Los Angeles and they're expected to arrive over the next 24 hours, a U.S. official confirmed. The Marines are from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines at Twentynine Palms, California, whom U.S. Northern Command had said Sunday were on a "prepared to deploy status" if the Defense Department needed them. Minutes before the Marines' deployment was confirmed, President Donald Trump was asked by ABC News if he planned on sending Marines to LA, and he said, "We'll see what happens." "I mean, I think we have it very well under control," Trump said. "I think it would have been a very bad situation. It was heading in the wrong direction. It's now heading in the right direction." -ABC News' Luis Martinez and Karen Travers Jun 09, 3:46 PM EDT Trump says if protesters spit at National Guardsmen 'they will be hit' President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that if protesters spit in the faces of National Guardsmen in Los Angeles, they'll "be hit harder than they have ever been hit before." "IF THEY SPIT, WE WILL HIT," Trump wrote. "Such disrespect will not be tolerated!" A California National Guard vehicle drives down a street in downtown Los Angeles, June 9, Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images "The Insurrectionists have a tendency to spit in the face of the National Guardsmen/women, and others. These Patriots are told to accept this, it's just the way life runs. But not in the Trump Administration," Trump said. California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in response to Trump's post, "You sent your troops here without fuel, food, water or a place to sleep." The guardsmen are "forced to sleep on the floor, piled on top of one another," Newsom wrote on social media. "If anyone is treating our troops disrespectfully, it is you @realDonaldTrump." -ABC News' Michelle Stoddart Next Last
Straits Times
10 hours ago
- Business
- Straits Times
Trump says meeting on Iran planned for June 12
US President Donald Trump speaks during an Invest America Roundtable at the White House on June 9. PHOTO: REUTERS WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on June 9 said the US and Iran would continue talks on June 12 for a nuclear deal, adding that Tehran was a tough negotiator and that the main impediment to an agreement was over enrichment. 'We're doing a lot of work on Iran right now,' Mr Trump told reporters at an economic event at the White House. 'It's tough. ... They're great negotiators.' 'They're just asking for things that you can't do. They don't want to give up what they have to give up,' he added. 'They seek enrichment. We can't have enrichment. We want just the opposite. And so far, they're not there.' 'They have given us their thoughts on the deal. And I said, you know, it's just not acceptable,' Mr Trump said as Tehran plans to hand Washington a counter-proposal. Mr Trump also said he discussed Iran among other topics with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on June 9, adding that the call went well. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
