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president Donald Trump After the White House’s farewell press conference, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk held a public hatred less than a week (-) to highlight his contribution, which was the first to be the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Musk left his term as a special government employee on May 30 but quickly launched criticism of Trump’s massive tax and spending package called “Big, Beautiful, Bill.” Musk marked the measure as “annoying abomination” on Tuesday as reports said it exacerbated the federal deficit.
Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Thursday that Musk opposed the bill because it eliminated the electric vehicle tax credit, thus benefiting companies like Tesla. But Trump said the rule has been part of the measure.
“I was very disappointed because Elon works better inwardly to almost everyone sitting here than almost anyone,” Trump said in the Oval Office during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. “He knew it all. He had no problem with it. Suddenly, he had problems and he only had problems when he found out we had to cut the EV mission, because that was billions and billions of dollars, which was really unfair.”
Trump is not interested in talking to Musk: “Elon has completely lost it”
Elon Musk received the golden key to President Donald Trump on May 30, 2025 at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Nathan Howard/Reuters)
Musk immediately responded to X’s statement to Trump, urging the removal of the “disgusting pork” included in the measure. He also said that he was shown to him that it was “wrong” “even once.”
The two continued to send each other publicly, and Musk asserted that Trump would not have won the 2024 election if it weren’t for his support. Meanwhile, Trump accused Musk of being “crazy” in his honor for electric vehicles (EVs) and said Musk was “slim in dressing.”
Additionally, Trump told Fox News on Friday that “Elon lost it completely” and was not interested in the phone call with Musk despite media reports that the two were able to speak.
Here’s what happened this week:
Visit with the German principal
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met with Trump at the White House on Thursday, where the two discussed the war in Ukraine.
Although Merz asserted that the United States is in a meaningful apocalypse of the meaningful Ukraine and Russia conflict, Trump said the world may need to “let them fight temporarily.”
“The United States is once again in a strong position to do something in this war and end it,” Melz said.
Meles says we are in a “strong position” to stop Putin
President Donald Trump greeted German Chancellor Friedrich Merz when he arrived on the west wing of the White House in Washington on June 5, 2025. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
Meers said Germany is willing to help and wants to discuss options for cooperation with the United States to achieve peace. Likewise, Merz advised European allies to put additional pressure on Russia to end the conflict.
But Trump said he told Putin in a recent call that maybe both countries need to feel the sharper consequences, claiming that he told Putin “maybe you will have to keep fighting and suffering.”
“Sometimes, you’ll see two young kids fighting wildly – they hate each other and they’re fighting in the park and you try to pull them away, they don’t want to be pulled,” Trump said. “Sometimes, it’s better to have them fight for a while and then pull them away.”
Call XI
Trump spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday to discuss trade talks between Washington and Beijing.
“I just had a very good call with President Xi Jinping of China, discussing some of the complexities we have made recently and agreeing to the deal agreement,” Trump said on Thursday in a truth-clarifying social post. “The call lasted about an hour and a half and came to a very positive conclusion for both countries.”
Trump said the conversation was “almost entirely” focused on trade, and Xi Jinping invited the U.S. president and first lady Melania Trump to visit China. Similarly, Trump also helped each other and invited Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan to visit the United States
Trump slams China for “very positive” in trade violations with XI
President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping
Nearly a week after Trump condemned China for violating the preliminary trade agreement between the United States and China in May hash. On Wednesday, Trump said it was “hard to reach an agreement” in a truth-clarifying social position.
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The negotiations in May prompted the two countries to agree that the U.S. would reduce tariffs on Chinese imports from 145% to 30%, while China would reduce tariffs on U.S. imports from 125% to 10%.
Caitlin McFall of Fox News contributed to the report.
