President Donald Trump said he likes Elon Musk "a lot" after the pair faced a rift over the One Big Beautiful Bill Act earlier this year. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Musk had also championed Trump during the 2024 election cycle, criss-crossing battleground states that ultimately all voted for the Republican candidate over former Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump repeatedly celebrated Musk for his efforts at DOGE to remove potential federal overspending, fraud and mismanagement – an effort assailed by government employees and Democrats who protested both the Trump administration and Musk repeatedly earlier this year.
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The cozy friendship fell to pieces in June, however, when Musk began publicly ridiculing the "One Big Beautiful Bill," which was a massive piece of legislation Trump signed into law in July that advances his agenda on taxes, immigration, energy, defense and the national debt.
Musk railed against the legislation, which Trump had been rallying Republican lawmakers to pass since the beginning of his second term, posting on X that it would be the "BIGGEST DEBT ceiling increase in HISTORY" and also claimed in a personal attack on Trump that "@RealDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files."
President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Musk was seen physically back in Trump's orbit in September during the memorial service for Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA's founder who was assassinated on Sept. 10. The pair was seen sitting next to each other and chatting during the ceremony.
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Musk most recently attended a Trump event on Nov. 18 at the White House for a dinner with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, as well as dozens of high-profile business leaders.
Trump's latest remarks on Musk unfolded during his Cabinet meeting, which marked his ninth such meeting since the start of his second administration and matched the total number of full Cabinet meetings former President Joe Biden held across his four-year tenure.
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