The Donald Trump and Elon Musk feud had been unfolding publicly on social media over the last few days and it is clear that something had gone horribly wrong between the two. Trump and Musk seemed an unstoppable force when they started working together as Musk was made the head of DOGE and given the authority to make government decisions.
However, as Musk’s term eventually came to an end and he had to leave The White House along with his department, the Tesla CEO had a very public meltdown and called Trump out with multiple allegations, including the claim that the American President’s name is in the Epstein files, though he deleted that tweet later.
On June 12, while signing California’s electric vehicle mandate, Trump directly addressed the drama that was going on between them, saying, “Now I know why Elon doesn’t like me so much. Which he does actually, he does.”
He also mentioned that he was surprised that Musk ever supported him. The President said, “I used to say, ‘I’m amazed that he’s endorsing me because that can’t be good for him. I once asked him about it…because it was really strange [that he hadn’t brought it up].”
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He further added, “He said, ‘Well, as long as it’s happening to everybody, I’ll be able to compete. It was a very interesting answer.” While things were fine back then, they escalated severely once Musk exited the government. Commenting on the same, Trump said on Thursday, “Elon doesn’t like me. He got a little bit strange, but I don’t know why. Over much smaller things than that.”
As reported by PEOPLE, “There has been speculation that Trump withdrew his nomination of Jared Isaacman for NASA administrator due to the fallout from Musk criticizing his “Big Beautiful Bill.” Isaacman is a fellow tech billionaire who has worked closely with Musk and his SpaceX company in the past.”
Isaacman talked about the incident on The All-In Podcast, saying that he had found out about the changes on May 30, the day when Musk and Trump had their last Oval press conference together. Isaacman said, “I don’t think that the timing was much of a coincidence.”
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He further added, “I was in D.C. for the last six months getting ready. There were some people that, you know, had some axes to grind, I guess. And I was a good, visible target.”
While Musk publicly dissed Trump vehemently on social media, he recently started back tracking in a post after 3 a.m. ET on June 11, saying he had started to “regret some of my posts about President [Donald Trump].” Trump’s response on the same came a few hours later as he told The New York Times on phone, “I thought it was very nice that he did that.”
With the two men seemingly on a way to patch up, it now remains to be seen if and how their relationship gets back on track and what is the ultimate outcome of this whole fiasco.
