Trump ‘Disappointed’ With Musk’s Criticism of ‘Big, Beautiful, Bill’ — Musk Fires Back
It has become a war of words between President Donald Trump and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk. Trump responded to Musk’s recent criticism of the “big, beautiful, bill” and how it…
It has become a war of words between President Donald Trump and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk.
Trump responded to Musk’s recent criticism of the “big, beautiful, bill” and how it increases the federal deficit Thursday. Trump said he was “very disappointed” with Musk.
“I’ve always liked Elon … you saw the words he had for me, and he hasn’t said anything about me… I’d rather have him criticize me than the bill, because the bill is incredible,” Trump said as he was meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, per Fox News. “It’s the biggest cut in the history of our country.”
“I’m very disappointed in Elon. I’ve helped Elon a lot,” the president added.
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Trump believes Musk dislikes the bill because it does away with an electric vehicle tax credit, which would benefit Musk’s Tesla.
“I’m very disappointed, because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here better than you people,” Trump said. “He knew everything about it. He had no problem with it. All of a sudden he had a problem, and he only developed the problem when he found out that we’re going to have to cut the EV mandate, because that’s billions and billions of dollars, and it really is unfair.”