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Extra.ie
35 minutes ago
- Extra.ie
Elon Musk slams Donald Trump as US President 'very disappointed' in backer
Elon Musk has slammed Donald Trump after the US President said that he was 'very disappointed' in Mr Musk's criticisms of him. Mr Musk, who was the self-appointed 'first buddy' of Mr Trump and spent over $250million backing his re-election, left as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) back in April after spending more than 100 days in Mr Trump's inner circle. Now, in what many expected to happen after Mr Musk's departure, Mr Trump took aim at his former confidant after Mr Musk criticised Mr Trump's 'big beautiful bill' on Twitter (X) for, he claims, increasing the US' debt ceiling — something Mr Trump previously decried in 2013, as Mr Musk pointed out. Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2025 'He's not the first … people leave my administration and some of them actually become hostile,' Mr Trump said of Musk. 'They leave, and they wake up in the morning, and the glamour's gone, the whole world is different, and they become hostile. I'm very disappointed in Elon. I helped Elon a lot.' Taking to Twitter on Thursday evening, Mr Musk initially wrote 'whatever,' before saying without him, he would've lost the 2024 election to Kamala Harris. 'Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate,' Mr Musk wrote. 'Such ingratitude.' WAElon Musk has slammed Donald Trump after the US President said that he was 'very disappointed' in Mr Musk's criticisms of him. Pic:Mr Musk also hit back at Mr Trump's claims that he opposed Mr Trump's tax bill over getting rid of tax credits for clean energy and electric vehicles, calling it a 'disgusting abomination' and also adding '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.' Mr Musk also tweeted a video of him showing off a fleet of Teslas to Mr Trump outside of the White House back in March, when he said that he 'ended the EV mandate' — with Mr Musk tweeting at Mr Trump and writing 'remember this?' Speaking from the Oval Office on Thursday, the US President said 'We are doing things in that bill that are unbelievable.' Mr Musk was heavily involved in Mr Trump's re-election campaign, and was the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Pic:'I'm very disappointed because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here. All of a sudden he had a problem. 'He hasn't said bad [things] about me personally, but I'm sure that'll be next.' Mr Musk endorsed Mr Trump in his re-election bid over the summer of last year, and reportedly spent upwards of $250million in helping Mr Trump get re-elected. He added that he was Mr Trump's 'first buddy' and was the head of DOGE where he said he would cut trillions in government spending; but figures fell short of expectations.
Irish Daily Star
an hour ago
- Irish Daily Star
Elon Musk hits out as Trump reveals he was 'upset' and 'disturbed' before leaving White House
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has issued a fiery retort to U.S. President Donald Trump 's scathing remarks about him during his meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House. During the meeting , Musk made several scathing remarks. "Whatever," Musk wrote. "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." "In the entire history of civilization, there has never been legislation that both big and beautiful," he added. Musk later reposted a clip of Trump badmouthing him and saying that he had seen a copy of the bill before he left. Read More Related Articles Sisters, 9, 8 and 5, found dead on planned father visitation had zip-tied bags over heads Read More Related Articles Liam Neeson opened up about friends who died on hunger strike during the Troubles During the meeting, Musk made several scathing remarks (Image: Getty Images) "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 ," Musk added. The attacks on his former boss come after Trump lambasted Musk during a meeting with the German Chancellor when a reporter asked the president how he felt about the X CEO's attacks. "Well, look, I like Elon and I was very surprised," Trump said. Musk later reposted a clip of Trump badmouthing him and saying that he had seen a copy of the bill before he left. (Image: Getty Images) "You saw the words he had for me and he hasn't said anything about me which is bad," Trump added. "I would rather have him criticize me than the bill. Because the bill is incredible." "It's the biggest cut in the history of our country we've ever cut, Trump added. "It's about 1.6 trillion cuts." However, Trump did not stop there and doubled down on the comments. The attacks on his former boss come after Trump lambasted Musk during a meeting with the German Chancellor (Image: AFP via Getty Images) "Elon is upset because we took the EV mandate -- which was a lot of money for electric vehicles -- and they're having a hard time," Trump said, claiming that EV companies want them to pay "billions of dollars in subsidies." According to Trump, "Elon knew this from the beginning from a long time ago." Trump said, "I know that disturbed him. He wanted somebody whom he knew very well to run NASA and I didn't think it was appropriate. He happened to be a Democrat. We won, we get certain privileges." "You saw the words he had for me and he hasn't said anything about me which is bad," Trump added (Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images) "You saw a man who was very happy when he stood behind the Oval desk. Even with a black eye," Trump added. "I said, do you want a little makeup? He said, 'No, I don't think so,' which is interesting ... Elon and I had a great relationship. I don't know if we will anymore." "I'm very disappointed because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here," Trump lamented. "He had no problem with it. All of a sudden, he had a problem, and he only developed the problem when he found out we're gonna have to cut the EV mandate." Trump believed that Elon was going to come after hi next. (Image: Getty Images) "He hasn't said bad about me personally but I'm sure that'll be next. But I'm very disappointed in Elon," he said. Of course, Elon refused to go quietly and posted, "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," he said. This past week, Musk slammed the president and his bill in various attacks on social media. According to Musk, the Big Beautiful Bill, undermines all the work DOGE allegedly has done. "I'm sorry, but I just can't stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it," he wrote. Musk also spoke out against the bill on Sunday during an interview on CBS's Sunday Morning. "I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decreases it, and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing," he said.
RTÉ News
2 hours ago
- RTÉ News
Trump attacks Musk as public feud escalates over tax bill
US President Donald Trump has lashed out against Elon Musk, saying he was "disappointed" by the billionaire's public opposition to the sweeping tax-cut and spending bill that is at the heart of Mr Trump's agenda. "Look, Elon and I had a great relationship. I don't know if we will anymore," Mr Trump said in the Oval Office. "He said the most beautiful things about me, and he hasn't said bad about me personally, but I'm sure that'll be next. But I'm, I'm very disappointed in Elon. I've helped Elon a lot," he said. President Trump also asserted that Mr Musk's days of blistering attacks on the bill were motivated by the proposed elimination of consumer tax credits for electric vehicles. Mr Musk, the CEO of electric vehicle maker Tesla, has said he opposes the bill because it will increase federal deficits. Mr Trump suggested that Elon Musk, who received a praise-filled sendoff from the President last week after overseeing his federal bureaucracy cost-cutting campaign, was upset because he missed working for Mr Trump. "He's not the first," President Trump said. "People leave my administration ... then at some point they miss it so badly, and some of them embrace it and some of them actually become hostile," he added. As Mr Trump was speaking, Elon Musk wrote on X, "Slim Beautiful Bill for the win," a reference to the bill's official title, the "Big Beautiful Bill Act". Mr Musk followed that up with another post, saying he was fine with the cuts to electric vehicle credits as long as Republicans removed what he called a "mountain of disgusting pork" in wasteful spending from the bill. He also said the US President would have lost the election without his support. "Without me, Trump would have lost the election," Mr Musk said on X. "Such ingratitude," he added. Mr Musk came into the government with brash plans to cut $2 trillion out of the federal budget. He left last week having achieved far less than that, having cut about half of 1% of total spending. Mr Musk has been a powerful Trump ally, spending nearly $300 million to boost Republicans in the 2024 election and then overseeing President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency. His work eliminating thousands of federal jobs and cutting billions of dollars in foreign aid and other programmes caused disruption across federal agencies while prompting widespread protests at Tesla outlets in the US and Europe. Shares of Tesla extended losses after President Trump's criticism of Mr Musk.
