It's War out there: Donald Trump says very disappointed with Elon Musk; Tesla CEO responds

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been criticizing the Trump administration’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” for days now. In a latest, he has claimed that the bill was “never shown” to him “even once”. Musk further revealed that the bill was passed in the “dead of night so fast that almost no one in Congress could even read it!”. The tech billionaire’s post comes in response to President Trump’s remarks that he is “very disappointed” with Musk over his harsh criticism of the bill. The tech billionaire has blasted the administration’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”, claiming it will usher in “debt slavery,” lead to “American bankruptcy,” and reverse the gains made by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in cutting federal expenditure. “I'm very disappointed with Elon. I've helped him a lot. He knew the inner workings of the bill better than anybody sitting here. He had no problem with it. All of a sudden he had a problem & he only developed the problem when he found out we're going to cut EV mandate,” Trump said in the Oval office today. During the press briefing, Trump said “Look, Elon and I had a great relationship. I don't know if we will anymore. I was surprised”.“He hasn’t said bad about me personally, but I’m sure that’ll be next,” he further added.According to an AP report, Trump suggested the tech mogul misses being in the White House, calling it “Trump derangement syndrome". “He’s not the first. People leave my administration and they love us and then at some point they miss it so badly, and some of them embrace it and some of them actually become hostile. I don’t know what it is, it’s sort of Trump derangement syndrome, I guess they call it. … The glamor is gone, the whole world is different, and they become hostile,” Trump said.Revealing that the two have not spoken since the comments, Trump said “I’ve always supported Elon. SpaceX, Tesla, those are incredible companies.” “But I don’t understand how someone who benefited so much from American policy can turn around and call the bill that helps American industry an abomination.”Amidst the criticism, Musk has quoted a 12-year-old post of President Donald Trump. The post, shared by Trump on January 23, 2013 slammed Republican lawmakers for raising the debt ceiling. “I cannot believe the Republicans are extending the debt ceiling—I am a Republican & I am embarrassed!,” reads the post. Musk shared the post on X captioned “wise words”.In another post, Musk responded bluntly to Trump's comments, saying "Whatever"."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. Everyone knows this!Either you get a big and ugly bill or a slim and beautiful bill. Slim and beautiful is the way."