But Mr. Trump’s warnings to his former ally are backed by several ways the White House could punish the world’s richest man.

No evidence has emerged publicly to support the idea that Russia possesses compromising material on Trump, and Trump has explicitly denied ever having worked for Russia. But Trump’s long history of praising Putin, avoiding direct criticism of the authoritarian leader and downplaying election interference, has fueled questions for years.

Musk said Trump's multitrillion bill would cause a recession and accused the president of involvement with Jeffrey Epstein

When Trump brought Musk along for the ride as he moved back ... we saw bullies used to getting their way desperately trying to find leverage over each other. But unlike the flame wars of old ...

Musk seems to have discovered this obvious fact very belatedly. Now, I think he is making a parallel mistake of overestimating the leverage that tech bros have over Trump. Molly: Well, I guess ...

"But it's sort of in keeping with their relationship over the last year or so as Musk became very close to Donald Trump ... thing because Musk has a lot of leverage too. He has a lot of important ...

But the leverage there relied as much on Trump’s sway over the GOP base as on Musk’s funds. It is certainly possible that Musk could spend enough to sway elected officials to slow down such ...