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Obliteration Day: Elon Musk’s spat with Trump wiped $152 billion from Tesla

That’s the largest one-day drop on record for the EV maker.

6/6/25 8:19AM

Yesterday’s unbelievable, unhinged, and entirely unmissable social media spat between Elon Musk and President Trump crescendoed when the Tesla boss alleged that the president’s name shows up in the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Time to drop the really big bomb:@realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public.

Have a nice day, DJT!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2025

Even before that bombshell moment, the feud between kingmaker and king, which on the surface seemed to flare up over the impending budget bill, had already done serious damage to the market’s view of the Tesla business, with the stock dipping on the very first salvo from Musk.

As Trump retaliated live — on his own social media platform, where he threatened to take away government subsidies and contracts awarded to Musk’s businesses — Tesla’s stock sank further, eventually closing down 14% for the day.

All told, the spat equated to a $152 billion loss in market cap yesterday. As Sherwood News’ Walt Hickey pointed out, that instantly makes some of Musk’s statements pretty strong contenders for the most expensive tweets ever sent.

Though it’s not the largest one-day percentage drop in Tesla’s stock in sheer dollar terms — that was a 21% decline on September 8, 2021, when the EV maker was refused entry into the S&P 500 Index — it is unrivaled. The stock has since pared some of its losses, trading 6% higher overnight.

Thank u, X

It wasn’t just Tesla that was impacted: an entire swath of “Trump trades” slumped on the dispute, including Trump Media & Technology Group, Palantir, bitcoin, and more.

Jake Lahut47m

Who’s next to leave the Trump admin following Chavez-DeRemer’s departure?

After a few abandoned nominations and the occasional lateral demotion during President Donald Trump's first year in office, turnover has accelerated dramatically.

Just in the past month, top officials such as Attorney General Pam Bondi, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer have left their posts.

Following a report from The Atlantic detailing alleged heavy drinking and absenteeism plaguing FBI Director Kash Patel, the odds of his departure from the Trump administration in 2026 shot up sharply, with traders now pricing in an 80 percent chance he won’t last the year.

(Event contracts are offered through Robinhood Derivatives, LLC — probabilities referenced or sourced from KalshiEx LLC or ForecastEx LLC.)

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, is another official who could be on the ropes. Her deputy, Joe Kent, has already resigned over the Iran War. Gabbard's 2020 presidential campaign — and appeal in broadening Trump's electorate in 2024 — heavily centered around ending perpetual "regime change wars." The White House has indicated to Gabbard that they want her gone before the midterms, but the timing of her departure remains vague, according to two sources familiar with the discussions who spoke to Sherwood in recent weeks.

As for who will replace the outgoing members, pay attention to who can be confirmed by the Senate. To replace Bondi, a Trump adviser told Sherwood the most likely replacements are acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Trump's former personal attorney, as well as EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.

Which Trump officials might be next to leave the administration

(Event contracts are offered through Robinhood Derivatives, LLC — probabilities referenced or sourced from KalshiEx LLC or ForecastEx LLC.)

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Rani Molla5h

In an effort to cement control ahead of SpaceX’s IPO, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk bought $1.4 billion shares of the rocket company from current and former employees last year, The Information reports, citing the confidential IPO prospectus.

The filing also revealed a moon shot incentive plan for the boss: Musk stands to gain 60 million more shares if SpaceX’s market cap increases to as high as $6.6 trillion and it completes a plan to build AI data centers in space. For its June IPO, the company is targeting a more than $2 trillion valuation.

Jake Lahut22h

Lori Chavez-DeRemer out at Department of Labor

Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned as President Donald Trump’s labor secretary on Monday, sources familiar with the matter told NOTUS.

Her tenure at the department was mired in scandal, including her husband being barred from headquarters after women employees reported he had touched them inappropriately. Chavez-DeRemer and a top aide reportedly texted women on staff to “pay attention” to the secretary’s husband and her father around the office, according to The New York Times.

The department’s inspector general had been investigating those messages and personal requests made of staff members.

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer Has Resigned

Jon Keegan4/17/26

Report: Anthropic’s Amodei headed to White House to settle dispute

In February, President Trump called Anthropic “A RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY,” and said of the company’s Claude AI technology: “We don’t need it, we don’t want it, and will not do business with them again!”

Now, less than two months later, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is scheduled to meet with White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles today, according to a report from Axios.

After being declared a supply chain risk to national security by the Pentagon, and then suing the government to block the action, Anthropic finds itself in a powerful position: it has announced that its new Mythos AI model is capable of planning and executing offensive cyberattacks, and therefore would be shared only with a close group of trusted partners for testing before wider release, leading the US Treasury to try to get its hands on the new model.

The White House meeting is expected to result in some sort of deal that settles the dispute with the company, per the report.

Scoop: Anthropic to have peace talks at White House

The White House meeting is expected to result in some sort of deal that settles the dispute with the company, per the report.

Jon Keegan4/15/26

Maine is the first to pass a statewide ban on large data centers

The tide is turning against big AI data centers.

In addition to many cities and towns that have passed outright bans on data centers, lawmakers in at least 11 states have introduced legislation to pause their construction, citing the need to carefully study power and water usage of the facilities.

But Maine just became the first state to successfully pass a ban on large data centers. If Maine Governor Janet Mills signs the bill into law, new data centers that draw more than 20 gigawatts of power would be banned until late 2027, and the state would set up a mechanism to study the impact of data center energy usage.

Last month, a federal bill was introduced to block new data centers until AI regulation has been passed. The issue has been getting more attention in this election year, as voters in data center hubs like Virginia have soured on the facilities.

Look at the crumbling support among Virginians (America's first data center hot spot) for data centers:

Maine lawmakers pass nation’s first statewide ban on large data centers