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President Donald Trump mentioned Tuesday he nonetheless likes “Elon rather a lot,” regardless of their high-profile break up earlier this yr over the One Massive Stunning Invoice Act.
On the finish of the administration’s month-to-month Cupboard assembly, FOX Enterprise’ Edward Lawrence requested Trump whether or not Musk was “again in [his] circle of pals” after their falling-out.
Trump responded: “Properly, I actually do not know. I imply, I like Elon rather a lot.” He praised Musk’s endorsement through the 2024 marketing campaign earlier than noting their disagreement over electric-vehicle coverage.
Musk was a fixture within the White Home within the early days of the second Trump administration as he took on the position because the Division of Authorities Effectivity’s de facto chief. He served as a particular authorities worker with the Trump administration to assist lead DOGE, incessantly attending Cupboard conferences and becoming a member of Trump throughout public occasions. Musk’s tenure with DOGE wrapped up on the finish of Might.
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President Donald Trump mentioned he likes Elon Musk “rather a lot” after the pair confronted a rift over the One Massive Stunning Invoice Act earlier this yr. (Brandon Bell/Getty Pictures)
Musk had additionally championed Trump through the 2024 election cycle, criss-crossing battleground states that in the end all voted for the Republican candidate over former Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump repeatedly celebrated Musk for his efforts at DOGE to take away potential federal overspending, fraud and mismanagement – an effort assailed by authorities staff and Democrats who protested each the Trump administration and Musk repeatedly earlier this yr.
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The comfy friendship fell to items in June, nevertheless, when Musk started publicly ridiculing the “One Massive Stunning Invoice,” which was an enormous piece of laws Trump signed into regulation in July that advances his agenda on taxes, immigration, vitality, protection and the nationwide debt.
Musk railed towards the laws, which Trump had been rallying Republican lawmakers to move because the starting of his second time period, posting on X that it will be the “BIGGEST DEBT ceiling enhance in HISTORY” and likewise claimed in a private assault on Trump that “@RealDonaldTrump is within the Epstein recordsdata.”
Elon Musk speaks on the Conservative Political Motion Convention (CPAC) on Feb. 20, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Pictures)
Trump beforehand instructed the media that his relationship with Musk modified when he started discussing plans to remove the electic car mandate, which might have an effect on Musk’s signature electrical firm, Tesla. Trump signed a trio of congressional resolutions in June ending California’s restrictive guidelines for diesel engines and mandates on electrical car gross sales, with Trump celebrating that his signature “will kill the California mandates without end.”
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The pair abruptly parted methods in June, with Musk weeks later providing some assist to Trump’s presidential actions on social media, similar to praising a ceasefire deal between Israel and Gaza in July.
President Donald Trump speaks throughout a Cupboard assembly on the White Home, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Picture/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Musk was seen bodily again in Trump’s orbit in September through the memorial service for Charlie Kirk, Turning Level USA’s founder who was assassinated on Sept. 10. The pair was seen sitting subsequent to one another and chatting through the ceremony.
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Musk most not too long ago attended a Trump occasion on Nov. 18 on the White Home for a dinner with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, in addition to dozens of high-profile enterprise leaders.
Trump’s newest remarks on Musk unfolded throughout his Cupboard assembly, which marked his ninth such assembly because the begin of his second administration and matched the entire variety of full Cupboard conferences former President Joe Biden held throughout his four-year tenure.
