"Elon Musk and Trump are at odds" On June 5 local time, U.S. President Trump and American entrepreneur, former head of the "Government Efficiency Office" began a public feud. Trump claimed he asked Musk to resign, canceling Musk's push for a mandatory electric vehicle "mandate," resulting in "Musk going crazy." Musk publicly stated on social media that he believes President Trump should be removed from office. Trump responded on the same day on social media platform "X" to a post about supporting Trump's removal, saying "yes." Musk quickly fired back at Trump: he is crazy, Musk stated that Trump's tariff policy will lead to prosperity for the U.S. economy in the second half of the year. On June 5 local time, Trump spoke about Musk, saying he didn't know if they could maintain a good relationship. Trump expressed that he was "very disappointed" in Musk. Trump stated that he condemns him, rather than criticizing his tax reform bill. Trump said he was unhappy with the Trump administration's cancellation of the mandatory vehicle "mandate." However, the drafting of the "grand and beautiful" bill was internally compatible and this was not opposed, until realizing that the problem arose when it was necessary to strengthen the mandatory vehicle "mandate." Social media quickly responded and rebutted, saying, "totally wrong, this bill was never shown to me, and it was passed quickly in the middle of the night!" According to Trump, he posted on the social media platform "Truth Social" stating that Musk has begun to "lose patience." Trump claimed he requested to lift the firing, revoked the pushed mandatory vehicle "mandate," resulting in "scaring him crazy." Trump stated that Musk knew months ago that Trump would cancel the mandatory vehicle "mandate." Additionally, Trump expressed concern about threats, stating that the most cost-effective way in a billion-dollar budget is to terminate Elon.
