Savannah Guthrie Says Elon Musk and Donald Trump Are 'Giving 7th Grade Girl' as President Says Tesla CEO 'Has Lost His Mind'
Savannah Guthrie reacted to President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's online feud on the June 6 episode of Today, saying, "It's giving 7th grade girl"
President Trump and Musk have been exchanging insults surrounding Trump's "Big Beautiful" spending bill
Speaking to Good Morning America political correspondent Jonathan Karl on June 6, Trump said that Musk was a "man who has lost his mind"Savannah Guthrie is not impressed with the feud between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
On Friday, June 6, the 53-year-old Today co-anchor covered the ongoing drama between the president and the Telsa CEO, which broke out on June 5 as the former friends went at each other online.
'First of all, to just use TikTok language, it's giving 7th grade girl,' Guthrie said as her co-anchor Craig Melvin laughed. 'This back and forth, online, and from the Oval Office.'
Meet the Press anchor Kristen Welker responded to the comment, saying, 'Savannah, you hit the nail on the head.'
Her comment came as Good Morning America's political correspondent Jonathan Karl recounted a June 6 phone call he had with the president.
Karl said that President Trump is 'not particularly interested' in speaking with Musk amid reports of a potential reconciliation.
'Elon wants to talk to him, he's not ready to talk to Musk," Karl said, noting that Trump called Musk, "A man who has lost his mind."
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Guthrie is not the first to comment on the highly publicized drama going on between Musk and Trump. Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joked to Spectrum 1 News on June 5, saying, 'Oh man, the girls are fighting, aren't they?'
'You know, I would say that this was something that was a long time coming, where we've been seeing that these two huge egos were not long for being together in this world as friends,' Ocasio-Cortez added. 'And so I think this breakup, we've been seeing a long time coming. But we'll see what the impacts are of it legislatively.'
Since departing his special government role as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency on May 30, Musk has continued to criticize Trump's cornerstone 'Big Beautiful Bill' for counteracting any money he and DOGE were able to save the government.
Musk used his social media platform X to call out Trump, using Trump's past posts against him. The president, meanwhile, responded on his Truth Social platform.
"I'm sorry, but I just can't stand it anymore," Musk wrote on Tuesday, June 3. "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."
During an Oval Office press conference on June 5 — minutes after Musk resurfaced Trump's old posts — the president finally broke his silence on Musk's behavior, saying he was "disappointed" by all the recent social media attacks.
"Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anyone sitting here," the president said. "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 [electric vehicle] mandate, because that's billions and billions of dollars."
"Elon and I had a great relationship," Trump added, noting the past tense. "I don't know if we will anymore."
Musk also posted claims that Trump's name was featured in the Jeffrey Epstein files, tweeting, '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!'
Trump's name has previously been publicly linked with Epstein. His name was mentioned in flight logs released earlier this year by Attorney General Pam Bondi a total of seven times.
The appearance of Trump's name in the flight logs does not necessarily indicate wrongdoing, as many of the individuals named could have been on Epstein's plane for legitimate reasons.
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