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Donald Trump Says He's 'Very Disappointed' In Elon Musk As Rift Grows

Donald Trump Says He's 'Very Disappointed' In Elon Musk As Rift Grows
US President Donald Trump meets with the German Chancellor in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 5, 2025WASHINGTON ― US President Donald Trump on Thursday broke his silence on Elon Musk following the former White House adviser’s harsh criticism of Trump’s signature legislation on Capitol Hill. In remarks at the White House, Trump said he was surprised by Musk’s criticism of the so-called Big Beautiful Bill and that Musk knew how the bill phases out green energy tax credits that benefit his company. “Elon and I had a great relationship. I don’t know if we will anymore,” Trump said. “He hasn’t said bad about me personally, but I’m sure that’ll be next. But I’m very disappointed in Elon. I’ve helped Elon a lot.”The legislation combines more than $4 trillion in tax cuts and new spending with less than $2 trillion in cuts to federal food and health programs, for a net deficit of more than $2 trillion. Musk has called the bill a “disgusting abomination” and said Congress should kill it because of its deficit impact. Trump noted that Musk had not criticised him personally. “I’d rather have him criticise me than the bill because the bill is incredible,” Trump said. “It’s the biggest cut in the history of our country.”The president had notably avoided commenting on Musk since Tuesday, when he first laid into the legislation. Thursday’s remarks came during the president’s first public event with reporters this week, a meeting with the chancellor of Germany in the Oval Office. Trump said Musk disliked how the bill phases out green energy tax credits that benefit his electric car company, Tesla. “Elon’s upset because we took the EV mandate and, you know, which was a lot of money for electric vehicles,” Trump said. “And you know, they’re having a hard time, the electric vehicles, and they want us to pay billions of dollars in subsidy.”Musk immediately responded in a series of posts on his social media website. “Whatever. Keep the EV/solar incentive cuts in the bill, even though no oil & gas subsidies are touched (very unfair!!), but ditch the MOUNTAIN of DISGUSTING PORK in the bill,” Musk wrote. Trump also suggested Musk was upset the White House rejected his preferred candidate to run NASA. He then commented on the bruise on Musk’s face when he appeared with Trump in the Oval Office for a farewell meeting just last week. “I said, ‘Do you want a little makeup? We’ll get you a little makeup.’ But he said, ‘No, I don’t think so.’ Which is interesting, and very nice. He wants to be who he is.”Still, Trump said Musk did a good job in his role as chief of the “Department of Government Efficiency.”“I think he misses the place. I think he got out there, and all of a sudden, he wasn’t in this beautiful Oval Office.”Musk then responded to a clip of Trump talking about their friendship on X, writing: “Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate.“Such ingratitude.”Related...BBC Hits Back At Trump Spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt's 'Repeatedly False' Attack On Its Gaza CoverageTrump Mocked For Latest 'Disgraceful' Chat With Putin About Ending Ukraine WarTrump Announces Travel Ban And Restrictions On 19 Countries

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