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Trump voices no desire to repair relationship with Musk

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President suggests review of Musk's government contracts

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By Nandita Bose

BEDMINSTER, N.J., June 7 (Reuters) -

Donald Trump said on Saturday there would be "serious

consequences" if Elon Musk funds U.S. Democrats running against

Republicans who vote for the president's sweeping tax-cut and

spending bill and said his relationship with his billionaire

donor is over.

In a telephone interview with NBC News, Trump declined to

say what those consequences would be, and went on to add that he

had not had discussions about whether to investigate Musk.

Asked if he thought his relationship with the Tesla

and SpaceX CEO was over, Trump said, "I would assume so, yeah."

"No," Trump told NBC when asked if he had any desire to

repair his relationship with Musk.

Musk and Trump began exchanging insults this week, as Musk

denounced Trump's bill as a "disgusting abomination." Musk's

opposition to the measure is complicating efforts to pass the

bill in Congress, where Republicans hold a slim majority in the

House of Representatives and Senate.

The bill narrowly passed the House last month and is now

before the Senate, where Trump's fellow Republicans are

considering making changes. Nonpartisan analysts estimate the

measure would add $2.4 trillion to the U.S. debt over 10 years.

Trump said on Saturday he is confident the bill would get

passed by the U.S. July 4 Independence Day holiday.

"In fact, yeah, people that were, were going to vote for it

are now enthusiastically going to vote for it, and we expect it

to pass," Trump told NBC.

Musk had deleted some social media posts critical of Trump,

including one that signaled support for impeaching the

president, appearing to seek a de-escalation of their public

feud, which exploded on Thursday.

Trump late on Friday suggested a review of federal

government contracts held by Musk. People who have spoken to

Musk said his anger has begun to recede and they think he will

want to repair his relationship with Trump.