https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yg98rl717o
US President Donald Trump says he was "very surprised" and "disappointed" with former ally Elon Musk's criticisms of his centrepiece budget bill.

"Elon and I had a great relationship. I don't know if we will anymore," Trump told reporters in the White House on Thursday.

It was the president's most direct criticism yet of Musk's lobbying efforts against the proposals to cut taxes and slash government spending - a plan that has drawn criticism from Musk and some Republicans.

In response, Musk doubled down on X and accused the president of "Such ingratitude", adding: "Without me, Trump would have lost the election".

Musk left his post at the Department of Government Efficiency last week after 129 days on the job, and Trump presented him with a with a golden key during a congratulatory news conference on 30 May.

But in the days since, he has repeatedly criticised Trump's budget bill currently working its way through Congress, calling it a "disgusting abomination" and posting "Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong."

The bill passed the House with the backing of most Republicans, with a handful of representatives from Trump's party and all Democrats opposed.

Speaking to reporters during a news conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday, Trump said: "We are doing things in that bill that are unbelievable.

"I'm very disappointed because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here," he said. "All of a sudden he had a problem."

"He hasn't said bad about my personally, but I'm sure that will be next."

Put in charge of radically slashing government spending, Musk initiated mass sackings and wholesale elimination of departments such as the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

Doge claims to have saved $180bn, although that number has been disputed, and is well short of Musk's initial aim to cut spending by up to $2 trillion.

>>1409915 (OP)
This is fake news and I already debunked it in the other thread >>1409743

>>1409935
>Ignore your lying eyes and ears

>>1409942
I kind of agree with the shill this time.
Elon's paid image consultants are desperately trying to reform his image to save Tesla's share price. He spent the last 6 months telling the world he was a proud Trump supporter and now he's got to distance himself from that if he wants to keep being the richest chud in the world.

>>1409943
>I kind of agree with the shill this time.
People usually agree with themselves.
Coping that Trump is secretly against this bill is serious schizo talk

Shit is getting spicy (unironically)
>https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114632206992330264
>The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon's Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn't do it!

>>1409947
>Elon was “wearing thin,” I asked him to leave, I took away his EV Mandate that forced everyone to buy Electric Cars that nobody else wanted (that he knew for months I was going to do!), and he just went CRAZY!
Uh oh fascism melty

>>1409947
It would be objectively fucking funny if Musk reveals some election interference shenanigans in like a ketamine fueled rage.

We're witnessing the two people with massive amounts of power and massive egos rapidly escalating things. This is gonna be fucking hilarious.

Elon Musk on X:
>Time to drop the really big bomb:
>@realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public.
>Have a nice day, DJT!
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1930703865801810022

>>1409952
Holy shit this is escalating so fucking fast. I'm gonna be genuinely surprised if by this time next week Trump is threatening Musk with federal charges.

i love when they infight

>>1409947
>>1409952
Lol imagine being a MAGA retard who bought a Cybertruck to own the libs reading about this exchange

>>1409952
lmao
Conservatives always end up infighting because they're all assholes

>>1409952
>Musk inadvertently shows he knows whats in the epstein files and he supported someone in them
Holy shit please keep going. I need this to destroy both of them through mutual retardation.

>>1409952
Fucking retard thinks that's a bomb. Yeah, no shit.

Elon, world's biggest welfare queen, will soon need a real job

>>1409959
this might be the worst damage control i've ever seen. you're just smugly admitting defeat

>>1409961
NTA but we knew he was on Epstein's plane a decade ago. He's also been seen next to Epstein and openly said "he likes them young".
Democrats are predominantly normies, this is going to be a big deal to them, for the rest of us it's news from yesterday.

>>1409959
>>1409962
Retard if that alone was the case he would've released them by now. Obviously Musk is implying it's more than just that, and Trump has put himself in a corner because he gave Musk enough authority he can't even act like he couldn't have known. The only way to prove if he's lying, if he is lying, would be to release them in full.

Not that this looks any better for Musk lmao. He's admitting to a massive amount of support for an Epstein accomplice.

>>1409963
>Retard if that alone was the case he would've released them by now.
You're not understanding the scope of this situation.
Trump isn't alone in this. Nearly everybody in US politics has blackmail held over their heads.
Epstein said he was a mossad agent. His father was a celebrated mossad agent. Epstein worked with numerous banking institutions and invited numerous heads of state over to 'pedophile island' as it was known by the locals.
If Trump released the files, not only would he burn his reputation to the ground, but it would validate every white supremacist conspiracy theory uttered over the last fifty years.

>>1409915 (OP)
>Musk just agreed with a tweet saying Trump should be impeached
IT'S HAPPENING

>>1409965
SHUT IT DOWN
PULL THE PLUG DONALD HE'S TOO FAR GONE
HE'S PLATFORMING ANTISEMITES DONALD HELP

musk shares post saying Trump should be impeached and replaced by Vance and agrees
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1930719235770359903

>>1409952
Musk:
>Trump's tariffs will cause a recession
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1930722828481098043

>>1409967
>>1409968
Holy shit the breakup is escalating at the speed of fucking sound.

Right, who should I support - the retard or the oligarch? I eagerly anticipate both of their obituaries, but one of them promises a future of oligarchs running America into the ground and the other one promises a present of oligarchs running America into the ground with added destruction of the rule of law.

>>1409935
1+1=3

>>1409969
Musk has over 1 billion in govt contracts
Trump is a baby who is going to publicly make sure all those are canceled
Musk is going to retaliate
it'll be great

>>1409976
Musk is retarded enough to incriminate himself in the process of trying to bury Trump, and Trump would absolutely at least try to take him down with him.

RIP SpaceX desu. Trump is going to cut that off, any president after trump be it R or D won't touch Elon. Amazing.

>>1409983
>>1409990
Nothing is going to happen. This is an public image stunt. Elon was in the Oval Office last week telling Trump not to pay attention to what he says on twitter in the next few days.

>>1409976
Musk wants to replace working class Americans with jeets. He's a technocrat that wants to colonize mars and abandon the earth.
Trump wants to protect Americans, their jobs, their homes and improve the economy. Also Israel.

Political theater. You have no ideas of the backroom deals and negotiations going on behind closed doors. This is 5D chess at play. Read The Art of the Deal

"All warfare is based on deception."
"Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak"
-Sun Tzu

>>1409994
I don't think alleging publicly someone is on a list of pedophiles is something you could take back lmao. Keep huffing that copeium.

>>1409996
Shills are claiming Trump is secretly a genius playing 5D chess.
Reality is claiming that Trumps brain is literally mush
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lquqjyozfe2h

>>1409961
You're a little confused.

Deport Musk

>>1409952
Occam's razor says that's actually quite logical.

>>1409965
If this is the spark that gets him impeached, finally and totally - thank goodness.

TRUMP - he's better than ever!!! I am officially calling for the deportation of Elon Musk and the nationalization of SpaceX. Thank you for your attention to this matter

>>1409992
source: just trust me bro

dumbfucks thinking this is just for show... please go grow a brain

>>1410005
If you're talking about this you aren't talking about Trump's new travel ban or Trump selling out to China earlier today, or any of the other real news.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/global-markets-wrapup-1-2025-06-05/
>US stocks end lower, crude gains as Trump-Musk row distracts from trade talks, data

>>1410008
I was thinking the same thing until Elon dropped the Epstein tweet.
No way Trump gave the go ahead on that.

>>1410013
He already went all in on Trump Epstein clips too, so you know it wasn't just a mistake.

I was waiting for all the major personalities to finally decide they didn't need each other and have an internet shootout for rights to the fruits of the US populaces' labors. shit's pretty funny.

>>1410003
>implying President JD Vance would be better

>>1410022
Gotta start somewhere.

Elon will lay waste to the White House within the coming weeks. With rioters, same as we saw Jan 6., whether or not it’s successful is up in the air. If it is, he’ll launch a coup. America will be a type 7 civilization, welcome to hell on earth

Heartwarming

>>1409952
"The easiest way to save money on the budget is to terminate Musk's government contracts" is what sent Elon over the line.

Trump's leadership style is just complete ass. He's too petty and nasty/vindictive to be an effective leader. Everything he touches self detonates eventually. He can't control his ego.

>>1410022
Well, JD seems to be just a snake instead of a retard. He will probably respect the rule of law, at least. If not, we can always just impeach him too.

>>1410040
>If not, we can always just impeach him too.
Then Mike Johnson would be President.

Love it when the divas have a public break-up. Happy pride!

The Democrats are laughing all the way to the midterms: and beyond. It's Joever for MAGA, which will go the way of the Teabaggers & Teatards after Romney's defeat. The Republicans will go the same way as the Conservatives in UK after Starmergeddon & Labour's political domination: it's even falling apart for Farage's (Un)Reform(ed) that are unreforming right now. What's left for the right after that goes the way of UKRAP & EDL? Total White Rightard Death.
Pass the popcorn that has rightard salt on it and let the schadenfreude-flavored champagne flow as freely as Trumptard tears.
Hey Trumpy, you know what Churchill's best decision was? Vetoing the SOE's idea about assassinating Hitler as he was such a retard re. being the Fuhrer & his 'My Way Or The Autobahn' attitude re his generals, he was the Allies' best asset alive than dead as via his retardation he was helping Churchill, Roosevelt & Eisenhower. Just as now you're the Democrats' best asset now it's the clash of the egos: both with membrane-thin skins.
Think about that next time you look at that bust of Churchill in the Oval Office, Donnie. Who decided that particular item - and the subject matter - was to be placed there...?!

>>1410054
This. Just imagine how unlikeable Democrats are that Americans keep coming back to trump

>>1409915 (OP)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-tesla-9a43c57a0591a4c7ed8d3f1b2c7ef8d9
'WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump shopped for a new Tesla on the White House driveway on Tuesday, selecting a shiny red sedan to show his support for Elon Musk ‘s electric vehicle company as it faces blowback because of his work to advance the president’s political agenda and downsize the federal government'

'Trump told reporters that he would write a check for the car, which retails for roughly $80,000'

'“It’s a great product,” he said. Referring to Musk, Trump said “we have to celebrate him.”

It was the latest — and most unusual — example of how Trump has demonstrated loyalty to Musk, who spent heavily on his comeback campaign last year and has been a key figure in his second administration'

'The Republican president announced on social media overnight that he was going to buy a new Tesla as “a show of confidence and support for Elon Musk, a truly great American.”'

Speaking later Tuesday at a business roundtable event, Trump said that Musk, the world’s richest man, “shouldn’t be scarified or have to suffer because he wants to help the government.”

'Trump’s wealth and business savvy is core to his political appeal. The president promoted his products while running for office last year, and he attached his name to a cryptocurrency meme coin that launched shortly before he took office.'

'Musk is the world’s richest person, with billions of dollars in government contracts. He’s also exerting sweeping influence over Trump’s administration through the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, and traveling frequently with the president'

>March 11 2025

All that has aged like a fine Ford Pinto or Edsel. Buyer's Remorse must be a bitch, eh Trumpy? As for those Cybertrucks you bought, MAGAtards, are you owning the libs yet?

>>1410054
You unironically believe this social media spat changes a single vote?

>and >>1410096 unironically 'believes' otherwise
You cannot spell 'Believe' without the word Lie, little MAGAtard. Why should normal sane people listen to the lies and retarded opinions of Trumptards? Reality has a liberal bias. Reality doesn't care about your feelings. Least of all your retarded opinions and where you spew such.
>believe
Belief is for retards. I only accept facts and reality. Facts don't care about your feelings & retarded opinions, either.

>>1410104
Another weird manic scattershot, like your original post. You're so politics-brained and partisan you sound mentally unwell.

>>1410110
You unironically be-lie-ve that others will listen to your wrong opinions. You're only lying to yourself. Newsflash: why should normal sane humans listen to those who are weird, manic, politics-no-brained thus mentally unwell: rightards.

Another weird manic scattershot post so politics-brained and partisan that is mentally unwell:
>>1410113
A.k.a. all rightists i.e. >>1410096 >>1410110

>>1410096
>No ads will be made about this during the midterms, none whatsoever!
Who gives a fuck about that though, it's fun watching the world's richest man's drug abuse spiral out of control, and for him to use his multi-billion dollar social media company to flame the president after a year-long affair.

>>1410089
Remember when they both said the media's attempts to get them to hate each other were pathetic? I remember.

>>1410134
>Remember when they both said the media's attempts to get them to hate each other were pathetic?
source?

>>1409915 (OP)
In Germany, we have a word for all this: "Kindergarten"...