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Donald Trump vs Elon Musk: US President Donald Trump and Tesla chief Elon Musk are face to face over the Republican tax bill. There seems to be a rift in their deep friendship. When Donald Trump expressed displeasure over the tax bill, Elon Musk retorted that if he were not there, Donald Trump would not have won the election.
Elon Musk wrote on X, “Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Democrats would have controlled the House and Republicans would have been 51-49 in the Senate.” Earlier, Donald Trump said that he is very disappointed with Elon Musk because he opposed the Republican tax bill. Trump said that Elon Musk misses the White House and is suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. According to news agency Associated Press, Donald Trump said, “I am very disappointed with Elon. I have helped Elon a lot.”
The US President has criticized his close friend Elon Musk at a time when a few days ago the CEO of Tesla opposed the US President’s spending bill and called it disgusting.
What did Elon Musk say?
Musk wrote on social media platform X, “I’m sorry but I can’t stand it. This MASSIVE, OUTRAGEOUS, PORK-FILLED CONGRESSIONAL SPENDING BILL IS DISGUSTING. SHAME ON THOSE WHO VOTED FOR IT: YOU KNOW YOU DID WRONG. YOU KNOW IT.”
Criticizing the bill, Elon Musk urged people to contact their lawmakers to repeal the law. He wrote, “This spending bill includes the largest increase in the debt limit in US history! This is a debt slavery bill.”
What did the White House say?
This criticism of Musk comes at a time when Trump is personally lobbying Republicans on the bill in the Senate. The White House said about Musk’s public criticism regarding the bill that the President will not change his opinion on it.
White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt said, “The President already knows what Elon Musk’s position is on this bill. It does not change the President’s opinion. It is a big, beautiful bill and he is firm on it.”
When and how did the dispute between Trump and Musk start? Why did the US President threaten, know the whole story
A dispute has started between US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Trump and Musk were very close friends, but now everything is not going well between the two. Both of them are attacking each other on public forums. Trump recently even threatened Musk. He said that all government contracts of Musk will be canceled. On the other hand, Musk has made serious allegations against Trump.
Actually, the dispute between Trump and Musk started because of a special bill. Musk had commented on Trump’s tax and expenditure related bill. He strongly criticized it and said that this is a bill of waste of public money. This is shameful. Musk shared a post on X. He said that all this is beyond tolerance. Musk said that this bill was passed at night, so that there could be no more discussion on it.
Trump got angry after Musk’s criticism
Trump got angry after Elon Musk’s criticism. Responding to Musk’s comment, he said that he was very disappointed with this comment. Trump claimed that Musk knew everything about this bill, but he did not react to it earlier. The US President also said that when Musk came to know that electric vehicle subsidies were being cut, his companies would lose billions of dollars. Trump threatened Musk and said that he would end all government subsidies.
False, this bill was never shown to me even once and was passed in the dead of night so fast that almost no one in Congress could even read it! https://t.co/V4ztekqd4g
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2025
Musk gave a befitting reply to Trump
Elon Musk shared a post on Ask and wrote, “Lies, this bill was never shown to me even once.” Musk also said that if he had not supported Trump, Trump would have lost the election. The conflict between Trump and Musk has caused a lot of turmoil in Washington DC politics. Republican lawmakers are also in a dilemma. They are unable to understand whether to support Trump or Musk.
