President Donald Trump said he was “very disappointed” with Elon Musk for criticizing the “big, beautiful bill.”
“I’m very disappointed because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here,” Trump told reporters. “Better than you people. He knew everything about it. He had no problem with it. Then, all of a sudden, he had a problem.”
Trump noted that Musk “developed a problem when he found out I would cut the EV mandate.”
“He knew every aspect of this bill. He knew it better than almost anybody. And he never had a problem until right after he left,” he added. “I’m very disappointed in Elon. I’ve helped Elon a lot.”
Elon Musk responded to Trump’s comments on social media, 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,” he wrote.
Musk further claimed, “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 added.
Earlier this week, Musk said the “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.”
