Elon Musk lashed out at President Trump on Thursday, accusing him of showing “ingratitude” and rejecting claims that he had ever been shown the “Big Beautiful Bill.” The remarks marked a sharp escalation in tensions between the two, who were once closely aligned.
Responding to Trump’s public criticism—that he was “very disappointed” in Musk for his harsh condemnation of the bill—Musk fired back in a series of posts on X. The billionaire, who formerly led the Department of Government Efficiency, didn’t hold back.
“Such ingratitude,” Musk wrote in reply to his own post, where he asserted that Trump “would have lost the election” had it not been for his support.
In another message Thursday morning, Musk flatly denied having seen the controversial bill. “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 posted, directly countering Trump’s claim that he had been more familiar with the contents of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” than “anybody sitting here.”
Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, played a highly visible role during the first few months of Trump’s second term, taking on the task of eliminating government inefficiencies. However, his abrupt resignation last month—after just 130 days—came as a surprise.
When Musk left, the relationship still appeared cordial. Trump had presented him with a symbolic key to the White House, a gesture seen by many as a public display of appreciation.
But that goodwill evaporated quickly. Speaking to reporters from the White House on Thursday, just prior to a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Trump dismissed Musk’s latest critiques, saying his former adviser was suffering from “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
Stam a kovad Zach. Musk is a big baal gaava. What he doesn’t seem to understand is that Trump is the President of the United States, not him!