Donald Trump and Mask: A relationship of mutual trust – initially – which then appeared to be a crisis. The former photos of the two most powerful men in the world from the parties at Mar A Lago, the luxurious villa of the US president in Palm Beach, Florida and the trips to the Air Force One, seem to be … faded.
Characteristic of their tense relationship is the nuisance of Donald Trump, who loses his patience with Elon Musk. The reason? The billionaire criticized one Big Beautiful Bill Act law -The “big and beautiful” bill on taxes and expenditure- As reports her report Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
Trump and his government are alleged to have been taken aback by the recent Musk criticism of Trump’s key, where Tesla’s chief executive described the bill as a “disgusting abomination”.
At the same time, according to the Wall Street Journal, who cites a senior White House official, Donald Trump appeared confused about why Musk criticized the bill after working closely with the White House for the last four months.
The report comes almost a week after Elon Musk’s last day working with the government. He had led by the Ministry of Public Service, which supervised a series of spending cuts, but failed to achieve the target of $ 2 trillion in cuts.
According to WSJ’s report, Musk is annoyed with Trump’s decision to withdraw his appointment Jared Isaacman, An important ally, for the position of head of the National Aeronautics and Space Service (NASA).
The billionaire had complained to his associates that he had donated hundreds of millions of dollars to assist in Trump’s election and finally sees him candidate of NASA to be withdrawn.
His frustration over NASA’s decision probably made him more willing to criticize the tax bill.
He continued his criticism of the bill on Wednesday, calling them more than 200 million followers to X to call their representatives and “kill the case law”.
While Musk and Trump have praised each other publicly, in the background, ruptures appeared to be formed, with Musk also opposing Trump’s commercial agenda, while colliding with some of his advisers. He was involved in public dispute with trade adviser Peter Navarro earlier this year.
A White House source pointed out that it is “too early to say” if the president’s relationship with the businessman remains strong. “Trump can forgive, but he doesn’t forget,” he added.