By America-Today      June 6, 2025

US President Donald Trump said Thursday he was "very disappointed" by Elon Musk's

criticism of his policy mega-bill, adding he didn't know if his friendship with his

billionaire former advisor would survive.

In an extraordinary rant in the Oval Office as visiting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz

sat mutely beside him, Trump unloaded on SpaceX and Tesla boss Musk in his first

comments on the issue.

"Look, Elon and I had a great relationship. I don't know if we will anymore. I was

surprised," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office after former advisor Musk slammed

the bill as an "abomination".

"I'm very disappointed, because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than

almost anybody sitting here... All of a sudden, he had a problem," Trump added.

Musk hit back minutes later on his X social network, saying the 78-year-old president's

claims he had advance sight of the bill were "false."