By Bukola Kayode
The feud between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump about the โBig Beautiful Billโ continued on Thursday.
Musk, the worldโs richest man who played a key role in the emergence of Trump, was appointed head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
But last week, Musk announced that he was quitting Trumpโs government.
He quit his role a day after he spoke out against a Trump-backed spending bill.
The controversial bill is a centrepiece of Trumpโs second-term domestic agenda, combining major tax cuts, stricter immigration enforcement, welfare programme overhauls, and significant increases in border security funding.
Since Muskโs exit from the White House, his criticism of the bill had grown louder.
Briefing reporters at the Oval Office before his bilateral sit-down with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Trump said Musk knew the inner workings of the bill and never had a problem until right after he left.
โElon and I had a great relationship. I donโt know if we will anymore. He hasnโt said bad about me personally, but Iโm sure thatโll be next. But Iโm very disappointed โฆ Iโve helped Elon a lot,โ he said.
โHeโs 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.
โI donโt know what it is, itโs sort of Trump derangement syndrome, I guess they call it. โฆ The glamor is gone, the whole world is different, and they become hostile. Iโm very disappointed.โ
Responding to Trumpโs remarks, the tech billionaire tweeted: โWithout me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House, and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate.
โSuch ingratitude.โ
Daily Trust
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