Big Balls’ and other Musk DOGE proteges could see payback from Trump-Elon feud after mass firings - The high-profile crash out could put the billionaire’s signature government project under scrutiny

WASHINGTON — President Trump played it cool Friday morning when discussing his feud with Elon Musk — turning a brief phone conversation with The Post toward his polling numbers and a better-than-expected May jobs report instead of directly addressing the strife with his former top ally.

The broken alliance between the president and the world's richest man could threaten Musk's lucrative pending – and future – federal subsidies.