Elon Musk’s complaint with Trump’s administration exceeded the level of expenditure in the Presidential Signature Bill, Sumber told ABC News.
Many people who have spoken with the President and Musk described the rift that widen in various new movements by administration.
Musk personally expressed frustration about some of the expenditure bills that would cut the electric vehicle tax credit, many people who had talked to billionaire said.
After the November election, Musk called on to end the tax credit, but recently, his company, Tesla, has become a vocal opponent to delete these provisions.
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk attended a press conference at the White House oval office in Washington, May 30, 2025.
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“Suddenly ending the energy tax credit will threaten the independence of American energy and our network reliability,” the company was posted on social media.
Musk is also increasingly frustrated with Trump’s administration that attacks artificial intelligence with OpenAI’s competitors, Sumber told ABC News.
Behind the scenes, Musk filed an objection to an agreement that did not include the initial company AI, but eventually moved forward, said the source.
Another source of tension: withdrawing the nomination of Musk Ally Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator during the weekend, according to sources stating that Musk was very disappointed with the move.
There are also in -depth differences of opinion regarding trade policy. In April, Musk summoned trading advisers Peter Navarro “stupid” and “Dumber Than A Sack of Bricks” in a series of Post on x.
On Tuesday, Musk descended to X to criticize funding bills to advance Trump’s legislative agenda, calling it disgusting. ” He continued to attack the bill in busy X Post Tuesday night until Wednesday morning.
“Mammoth shopping billing American! Musk wrote in one post.
The White House refused to comment. Representatives for Musk did not respond to requests for comments.
Some of these details were first reported by Axios.