President Donald Trump on Thursday stuck it to both Elon Musk and California Gov. Gavin Newsom with the stroke of a pen. Trump signed a resolution that blocked California’s rule that banned the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035 – something supported by Newsom that could have been a boon for Musk’s Tesla.

The president’s signing ceremony included a long-winded speech with some of Trump’s greatest hits – voicing his hatred for windmills, sharks and battery powered boats. He also brought up, unprompted, his fallout with Musk, which happened just one week ago.

Trump claimed that on his first day in office he ended the ‘Green New Scam’ and abolished the electric vehicle mandate at the federal level. ‘Now we know why Elon doesn’t like me so much,’ Trump said. ‘Which he does actually, he does.’

The president said he found it ‘very interesting’ that the billionaire Tesla head supported him during the 2024 race, knowing that he planned to do away with the Biden-era EV mandates. ‘And Elon still endorsed me. And honestly, he never spoke to me about that. And I used to say I’m amazed that he’s endorsing me because it can’t be good for him,’ Trump said.

‘He said, “well, as long as it’s happening to everybody, I’ll be able to compete,”‘ the president said quoting Musk. Trump said he found this to be ‘a very honest answer.’ ‘After that he got a little bit strange,’ the president admitted.

Last Thursday, Trump and Musk were throwing bombs at each other over the SpaceX head’s criticism of the Republicans’ ‘big beautiful bill,’ which the DOGE leader argued destroyed his efforts of federal cost-cutting. It got so heated that Musk wildly claimed that Trump appeared in Jeffrey Epstein’s files and should be impeached and replaced with 40-year-old Vice President J.D. Vance.

Tensions have simmered down since, as Trump has been busy going after a true political rival – Democrat Newsom – amid unrest in downtown Los Angeles over the president’s ‘mass deportation’ policy. During the president’s nearly hour and a half appearance in the East Room – which turned into a full-blown press conference, Trump referred to Newsom by his nickname ‘Newscum’ and also called him as ‘Gov. Gavin.’

‘Under the previous administration, the federal government gave left-wing radicals in California dictatorial powers to control the future of the entire car industry all over the country – all over the world,’ Trump complained.

‘They approved Gov. Gavin Newscum’s ridiculous plan to impose a 100 percent ban on all new gas-powered cars within a very short period of time,’ the president continued. ‘Think of this, you can’t buy any other car except an electric powered car, and in California they have blackouts and brownouts. They don’t have enough electricity right now,’ Trump added.

He called the policy ‘ridiculous’ and then segued into this week’s ordeal, where Trump was battling with Newsom over the president’s decision to federalize the National Guard and send them to quell the LA protests – against the governor’s wishes. Now they’re in a legal battle. ‘Los Angeles would be burning down right now. Be burning just like his damn houses burned down,’ Trump fumed.