Donald Trump Plots Cutting Elon Musk's SpaceX Out of 'Golden Dome' Project After Feud: Source

Donald Trump is considering cutting Elon Musk's SpaceX out of the government's "Golden Dome" missile defense project after the tech billionaire decided to go "scorched earth" on the president last week.

The Musk space company was the frontrunner to partner with drone builder Anduril to construct the president's pet project, inspired by Israel's Iron Dome defense system. However, that ship might have sailed.

According to sources, the administration instructed the Pentagon to prioritize a network of satellites for the defense system, but a new project could cut ties to SpaceX’s satellites in favor of expanding existing ground systems instead.

Trump claimed the Golden Dome would cost around $175 billion and would be operational by the time he leaves the White House in 2029. However, the independent Congressional Budget Office estimated that the project would take at least 20 years and $524 billion to complete.

The spat between Trump and Elon escalated over several days, with the GOP leader eventually threatening to cancel the Tesla CEO's government contracts.

After Musk left his position heading the Department of Government Efficiency, he attacked Trump’s "One Big, Beautiful Bill Act" legislation on June 3.

“Mammoth spending bills are bankrupting America!” he wrote on X, adding a graphic that showed rising national debt over the past 30 years. “ENOUGH.”

“I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore, this massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination,” he shared in another post. “Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong.”

The SpaceX billionaire went on to make a shocking accusation about Trump, stating, “Time to drop the really big bomb. @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public."

Musk also credited himself for the Republican Party winning the ticket in 2024. “Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate. Such ingratitude," he said.

In response to the online attacks, Trump took to Truth Social, writing, “Elon was ‘wearing thin,’ I asked him to leave, I took away his EV Mandate that forced everyone to buy Electric Cars that nobody wanted (that he knew for months I was going to do!), and he just went CRAZY!"

In a now-deleted post, Musk took to X to share a vague apology directed at the president, writing: “I regret some of my posts about President Donald Trump last week. They went too far.”