Elon Musk receives a golden key from President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, May 30, 2025. (Nathan Howard/Reuters)
Musk immediately responded on X to Trump's statements, urging a removal of the "disgusting pork" included in the measure. He also said it was "false" that he had been shown the measure "even once."
The two continued to publicly spar against one another, with Musk asserting that Trump wouldn’t have won the 2024 election if it weren’t for his own backing. Meanwhile, Trump accused Musk of going "CRAZY" over cuts to the EV credits, and said that Musk had been "wearing thin."
Additionally, Trump told Fox News on Friday that "Elon's totally lost it" and was not interested in speaking over the phone with Musk, despite media reports suggesting that the two would talk.
Here’s what also happened this week:
Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Merz met with Trump at the White House Thursday, where the two discussed the war in Ukraine.
While Merz asserted that the U.S. was in a powerful spot to bring a meaningful end to the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, Trump offered that the world might need to "let them fight for a little while."
"America is again in a very strong position to do something on this war and ending this war," Merz said.
MERZ SAYS US IN A ‘STRONG POSITION’ TO STOP PUTIN
President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
The call comes nearly a week after Trump condemned China on May 30 for violating an initial trade agreement that the U.S. and China had hashed out in May. And on Wednesday, Trump said Xi was "extremely hard to make a deal with" in a Truth Social post.
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The negotiations from May prompted both countries to agree that the U.S. would lower its tariffs against Chinese imports from 145% to 30%, and China would reduce its tariffs against U.S. imports from 125% to 10%.
Fox News’ Caitlin McFall contributed to this report.
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
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