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Donald Trump's chief of staff, Susie Wiles, whom he calls the "Ice Maiden," sat down for a lengthy interview with the New York Post.
Shares of Tesla tumbled 8% at the opening bell Monday as the feud between CEO Elon Musk and Trump reignited over the weekend.Musk, once a top donor and ally of Trump, announced that he was forming a third political party in protest over the Republican spending bill that passed late last week.
Elon Musk escalated his public attacks on President Donald Trump Monday, suggesting his administration withheld findings about the federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, as their whirlwind friendship continues to devolve into a brutal back-and-forth on their respective social media platforms.
The parallels to Elon Musk and his America Party are obvious, but Musk may be lucky to get as far as Perot did. The Texas businessman won roughly 19 percent of the popular vote when he ran for president in 1992 — the most successful bid by any independent candidate in modern history — and took in nearly 8.