US President Donald Trump has gotten into a public spat with Elon Musk, and it's left experts wondering what this could mean for next year's midterm elections.

The pair have taken aim at each other on social media, with Trump threatening to cut federal contracts helping Musk and Musk calling for Trump's impeachment - among other accusations.

US correspondent Dan Mitchinson says people are looking to the future - and many have opted to 'stay in the shadows'.

"Especially with so much relying on this tax and domestic policy that the President's trying to pass." 

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