Elon Musk has slammed what he called President Trump’s “ingratitude” and denied he was ever shown his “Big Beautiful Bill” as the war of words between the two former allies escalated on Thursday.
The former head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) hit back after Trump told reporters he was “very disappointed” in Musk, following his stinging attacks on the new bill.
“Such ingratitude,” Musk declared, replying to his own post on X claiming that Trump “would have lost the election” without his help.
“False, this bill was never shown to me even once and was passed in the dead of night so fast that almost no one in Congress could even read it!” he wrote in a second post shared on X on Thursday morning, rebuffing claims from Trump that he had known more about the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” than “anybody sitting here.”
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO was one of the most prominent members of Trump’s administration in the early months of his second term until his sudden departure last month after just 130 days in his post as a special government employee charged with tackling wasteful spending.
Musk appeared to leave the White House on good terms Friday, with Trump even gifting him a ceremonial key to the executive mansion.
But on Thursday, Trump accused his former adviser of having “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” as he addressed the media from the White House ahead of his sit-down with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
