Trump Slams Elon Musk Over Opposition to Signature Bill
Former President Donald Trump expressed disappointment in Elon Musk on Thursday after the Tesla and SpaceX CEO publicly criticized Trump’s flagship legislative proposal.
“Elon and I had a great relationship. I don’t know if we will anymore,” Trump said, reacting to Musk’s call to block the bill, which Musk labeled “One Big Beautiful Bill.” Just a day earlier, Musk had urged lawmakers to “k+ll the bill.”
Speaking to reporters, Trump suggested Musk might be s¥ffering from “Trump D+rangement Syndrome” and claimed the billionaire misses the White House. “He’s not the first. People leave my administration, and they love us — then some miss it so badly, they turn hostile.”
Trump added, “I’m very disappointed with Elon. I’ve helped him a lot. He understood the bill better than anyone here. He had no issues with it—until we announced cuts to the EV mandate.”
Musk fir£d back on social media, calling Trump’s claims “false,” and saying he never saw the bill. “It was passed in the d+ad of night so fast that almost no one in Congress could even read it,” Musk wrote.
The clash comes as Trump lobbies Senate Republicans to push the bill forward, making Musk’s criticism especially high-profile.