'He got little upset': Donald Trump downplays Elon Musk's outbursts on 'big bill'; calls him 'wonderful guy'
US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that Doge's former chief Elon Musk's behavior after their split, which included a since-deleted tweet connecting Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, was "not appropriate.
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In a Fox News interview with Maria Bartiromo on Sunday, President Donald Trump, when questioned about their relationship, maintained his positive stance towards Musk and despite all the criticism he called him "wonderful guy."
He said, "I think he's a wonderful guy. I haven't spoken to him much, but I think Elon is a wonderful guy, and I know he's going to do well always... He's a smart guy. And he actually went and campaigned with me and this and that.
But he got a little bit upset, and that wasn't appropriate."
Trump attributed their discord to Musk's concerns about the electric vehicle mandate and said, "the electric vehicle mandate, the EV mandate, is a tough thing for him. I would, you know, I don't want everybody to have to have an electric car."
On Saturday, his 54th birthday, Musk utilised X to criticise the Senate's latest draft bill, asserting it would "destroy millions of jobs" and increase taxation on nascent wind and solar projects.
"The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country! Utterly insane and destructive," he said.
This follows Musk's earlier criticism from early June, where he posted: "Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it." He had previously denounced the initial version as a "massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill [that] is a disgusting abomination."
The revised version of the bill was presented on Friday evening by Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham, R-SC, with Senate Republicans aiming to submit it to the president by July 4.
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