Donald Trump roasts Elon Musk and suggests he has ‘Trump derangement syndrome’
President Donald Trump roasted Elon Musk for criticising his signature policy bill, suggesting that he has ‘Trump derangement syndrome’ and that he may no longer have a great relationship.
Trump unleashed on Musk, claiming that his former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief knew the bill better than almost anyone else in the administration. Trump said that the Tesla CEO turned on it when it eliminated subsidies that benefited one of his businesses.
‘He knew the inner workings of the bill better than anybody sitting here. He had no problem with it,’ said Trump from the Oval Office on Thursday.
‘All of a sudden he had a problem and he only developed the problem when he found out we’re going to cut EV mandate.’
Trump also likened Musk to past officials who have left his administration that he claims then missed being inside the White House.
‘I think Elon misses this place. People leave my administration. And then at some point, they miss it so badly. And some of them actually become hostile,’ Trump said while meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
‘It’s sort of Trump Derangement Syndrome.’
Trump said he was surprised that Musk has been speaking out against his ‘big beautiful bill’.
Musk in an X (formerly Twitter) post just days after Trump gave him a rosy farewell in the White House said the bill will add $2.5trillion to the country’s deficit.
‘I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore,’ wrote Musk on Tuesday.
‘This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination.’
He admitted: ‘I’m very disappointed in Elon. I’ve helped Elon a lot.’
Trump also downplayed Musk’s role in helping him win the 2024 election, and said he would have won the swing state of Pennsylvania without his contributions.
The president avoided personal attacks on Musk and said, ‘Look, Elon and I had a great relationship. I don’t know if we will anymore.’
Musk quickly continued the war of words with Trump, responding in real-time with a post on X.
‘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!’ wrote the SpaceX chief.
The president’s suggestion that Musk has Trump derangement syndrome – which are negative reactions to him that apparently do not have to do with his policy positions – is rather ironic.
Musk in February compared the left’s Trump Derangement Syndrome to rabies.
‘There’s this whole sort of, you know… they call it like Trump Derangement Syndrome. You don’t realize how real this is until, like — it’s like you can’t reason with people,’ Musk said at the time.
‘It was like they got shot with a dart in the jugular that contained, like, methamphetamine and rabies.’
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