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Former President Donald Trump ’s biggest financial backer and top campaign surrogate, Tesla CEO Elon Musk , says he and Trump plan to inflict “temporary hardship” on American citizens if the Republican nominee wins the White House in November.
On Tuesday, Musk offered a similar sentiment. On X, the website formally known as Twitter until Musk bought it, a userTrump’s plan for mass deportations, “combined with Elon hacking away at the government, firing people and reducing the deficit” could cause a “severe overreaction in the economy,” with markets tumbling, followed by “a rapid recovery to a healthier, sustainable economy.”
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