President Donald Trump on Thursday hit again on Elon Musk following Musk’s rampage towards his home megabill, saying he is “very upset” within the Tesla billionaire.
“Look, Elon and I had an ideal relationship. I do not know if we’ll anymore,” Trump stated within the Oval Workplace.
Musk responded in sort to the private feedback in actual time on X, the place he swiped on the laws and at Trump straight.
At one level, Musk responded to a person: “With out me, Trump would have misplaced the election, Dems would management the Home and the Republicans can be 51-49 within the Senate.”
“Such ingratitude,” Musk added. Musk spent more than $270 million to again Trump and different Republicans throughout the 2024 election cycle.
The back-and-forth solely escalated because the day went on.
Trump countered on his personal conservative social media platform: “Elon was ‘sporting skinny,’ I requested him to go away, I took away his EV Mandate that compelled everybody to purchase Electrical Vehicles that no one else wished (that he knew for months I used to be going to do!), and he simply went CRAZY!”
Trump stated the “simplest way to economize” can be to “terminate Elon’s governmental subsidies and contracts.” Musk has criticized the invoice’s price ticket and its estimated influence on the nationwide debt.
Musk and Trump had not spoken as of Thursday morning, in accordance with two sources acquainted with the president’s conversations.
A number of administration officers have tried to achieve out to Musk and his representatives personally, however their calls and texts haven’t been returned, a number of sources inform ABC Information.
Elon Musk attends a press convention within the Oval Workplace on the White Home in Washington, Could, 30, 2025 and President Donald Trump throughout a press convention within the Oval Workplace on the White Home in Washington, Could 30, 2025.
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President Trump was requested about Musk’s relentless criticisms of the tax and immigration invoice whereas taking reporter questions alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on the White Home.
“He hasn’t stated something about me that is dangerous. I might quite have him criticize me than the invoice, as a result of the invoice is unbelievable,” Trump stated of Musk.
The “One Huge Lovely Invoice Act” handed the Home final month by a single vote. The measure would prolong Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and enhance spending for the army and border safety, whereas making some cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and different help applications.
It now faces headwinds within the Senate, particularly amongst a small group of Republican fiscal hawks.
Musk has stated the the laws, estimated by the nonpartisan finances workplace so as to add $3 trillion to the deficit over the subsequent decade, would undermine the Division of Authorities Effectivity’s objective to scale back authorities spending and chip away on the nation’s debt.
“The place is that this man in the present day??” Musk wrote as he reupped one other person’s compilation of previous Trump tweets criticizing excessive deficits, unbalanced budgets and extra.
Musk made related feedback on X towards Senate Majority Chief John Thune and Home Speaker Mike Johnson.
Trump contended on Thursday that Musk, the CEO of Tesla, was actually “upset” as a result of the laws would take away tax credit for electrical automobiles.
Earlier than talking out publicly towards the invoice, Musk personally pushed some lawmakers, together with Speaker Johnson, to maintain the tax credit for electrical automobiles within the invoice, in accordance with two folks acquainted with conversations.
“I am very upset as a result of Elon knew the internal workings of this invoice higher than nearly anyone sitting right here, higher than you folks,” Trump stated within the Oval Workplace on Thursday. “He knew every little thing about it. He had no downside with it. Impulsively, he had an issue.”
Musk pushed again on X and prompt Trump was not telling the reality.
“False, this invoice was by no means proven to me even as soon as and was handed in the dark so quick that just about nobody in Congress may even learn it!” he wrote.
President Donald Trump speaks throughout a gathering with Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz within the Oval Workplace of the White Home, June 5, 2025, in Washington.
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In one other submit, Musk wrote: “No matter.”
“In your entire historical past of civilization, there has by no means been laws that each huge and exquisite,” Musk added. “Everybody is aware of this! Both you get a giant and ugly invoice or a slim and exquisite invoice. Slim and exquisite is the best way.”
As of now, the Tesla that President Trump purchased to point out assist for Elon Musk remains to be on the White Home complicated, in accordance with two sources.
The White Home declined to remark. A consultant for Musk has not but returned request for remark.
