‘I just wish him well,’ the president says.
President Donald Trump reaffirmed on June 6 that he was not interested in efforts to get himself and Elon Musk back together after their fallout across social media, stating that matters of foreign policy have his attention right now.
“I’m really interested in the country solving problems, including problems in very faraway lands,” he told reporters at the White House.
He went on to say that he had been spending the day working on ongoing matters with communist China, Russia, and Iran, and he was not thinking about Musk.
“I just wish him well,” the president said.
The tension between the two escalated after Musk called the Trump-endorsed One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which Congress is considering, a “disgusting abomination”—days after the tech billionaire departed the Trump administration when his term as a special government employee expired in late May. Musk recently expressed concerns about the bill’s potential fiscal impact on the federal government.
Trump and senior administration officials said the bill would reduce the deficit as it contains approximately $1.7 trillion in mandatory savings over the next decade.
“The One Big Beautiful Bill’s $1.7 trillion savings are permanent changes to the law — meaning these savings will continue long into the future,” the White House said in a recent fact sheet.
In response to a question from the press about Musk’s comments, Trump questioned the timing of the criticisms and alleged that Musk was upset because the bill would eliminate EV tax credits.
“Elon and I had a great relationship. I don’t know if we will anymore,” Trump told reporters on June 5 alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office. “I was surprised.”
Musk, who is the CEO of electric car maker Tesla, denied the president’s claim and said, “Either you get a big and ugly bill or a slim and beautiful bill.”
“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,” Musk said in a post.
Musk also credited himself for getting Trump back in the White House, as well as for the GOP’s recapturing the House of Representatives and for the GOP’s Senate seat numbers standing at 53 instead of 51.
By T.J. Muscaro
