President Donald Trump has taken a swipe at his former ‘first buddy’ Elon Musk, saying he is ‘disappointed in him’.

It has long been rumored that their relationship had become fractured, with the pair having been inseparable in the first few months of the Republican reclaiming the Oval Office back in January – but in terms of the billionaire’s exit from the Trump administration, it was expected.

That is because Musk had been working under a distinct role in the US government as a ‘special government employee’ – which allowed him to work for up to 130 days in the office each year.

However, his resignation came three days early, and only one day after he criticized Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’.

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office today (June 5), Trump said: “Look, you know, I’ve always liked Elon, and it’s always – very surprised. You saw the words he had for me, the words and he hasn’t said anything about me, that’s bad.

“I’d rather have him criticize me than the bill, because the bill is incredible. Elon and I had a great relationship, I don’t know if it went well anymore.

“I was surprised because, you were here, everybody in this room practically was here as we had a wonderful send off. He said wonderful things about me couldn’t have nicer. Said the best thing.

“But I’m very disappointed, because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here.”

Musk has since responded to him on Twitter, penning: “False, this bill was never shown to me even once and was passed in the dead of night so fast that almost no one in Congress could even read it!”

It isn’t the first time Musk has been vocal on the bill.

Elon Musk has been vocal about Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ – in a manner that has disappointed the POTUS (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Speaking to CBS in a preview clip that aired on Tuesday (May 27), Musk said: “I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill frankly, which increases the budget deficit not just decrease it, and undermines the work that the Doge team is doing.

“I think a bill can be big or it can be beautiful… but I don’t know if it could be both, my personal opinion.”

The bill devised an increased in defense spending, including Trump’s ambition to implement a ‘Golden Dome’ above the US, which would protect it from enemy missiles, as well as multi-trillion dollar tax breaks.

However, as Musk mentioned, it undermined his role as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) – with the new legislation could could increase government spending by around $600 billion in the next fiscal year.

President Donald Trump has broken his silence after Elon Musk stepped down from his role as head of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

With his ‘first buddy’ stepping down from his post in politics, all eyes were cast on the POTUS for his thoughts on the departure – but it wasn’t until almost a day later until we heard from the 78-year-old.

It has long been rumored that their relationship had become fractured, with the pair having been inseparable in the first few months of the Republican reclaiming the Oval Office – but in terms of the billionaire’s exit from the Trump administration, it was expected.

That is because Musk had been working under a distinct role in the US government as a ‘special government employee’ – which allowed him to work for up to 130 days in the office each year.

However, his resignation came three days early, and only one day after he criticized Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’.

Elon Musk had been working under a distinct role as a ‘special government employee’ prior to his exit (Yuri Gripas for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Speaking to CBS in a preview clip that aired on Tuesday (May 27), Musk said: “I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill frankly, which increases the budget deficit not just decrease it, and undermines the work that the Doge team is doing.

“I think a bill can be big or it can be beautiful… but I don’t know if it could be both, my personal opinion.”

The bill devised an increased in defense spending, including Trump’s ambition to implement a ‘Golden Dome’ above the US, which would protect it from enemy missiles, as well as multi-trillion dollar tax breaks.

However, as Musk mentioned, it undermined his role as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) – with the new legislation could could increase government spending by around $600 billion in the next fiscal year.

President Donald Trump is set to give Musk a fare well later today (May 30), from the Oval Office (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Regardless, of any friction between the couple, Trump looks set to give Musk a proper send off for his involvement in helping him reclaim the White House.

Taking to Truth Social, the president posted: “I am having a Press Conference tomorrow at 1:30 P.M. EST, with Elon Musk, at the Oval Office.

“This will be his last day, but not really, because he will, always, be with us, helping all the way. Elon is terrific! See you tomorrow at the White House.”

Yes, the pair are set to say fare well later today on May 30 – which is much better way for the world’s richest man to depart, with Trump only having posted a cryptic message hours after news broke that Musk was leaving politics.

Posting a meme to his account, it pictured Trump walking in the middle of a darkened street at night, captioned: “He’s on a mission from God & nothing can stop what is coming.”

As for Musk himself, he announced his departure on his social media platform, Twitter – which he rebranded to X.

“As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending,” he posted.

“The @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government.”

The alleged mother of one of Elon Musk’s children has offered breakup advice to Donald Trump amid the ongoing feud between the former best buddies.

Musk was a huge part of the POTUS’ election campaign, and Trump later recruited the Tesla founder to the role of head of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) upon his return to the White House.

Musk remained in the role up until very recently, but it’s since then that things have turned sour between him and the president.

The pair’s feud stems from Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’, with Musk dubbing it an ‘abomination’.

Clapping back, Trump said he was ‘disappointed’ in the tech mogul and insisted that Musk knew the ins-and-outs of the bill before his departure from the administration.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are in the midst of a public feud (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Musk has since taken to X alleging that the president is in the Jeffrey Epstein files, with the White House hitting back once more stating it’s an ‘unfortunate episode from Elon’.

As tensions continue grow between Trump and Musk, Ashley St. Clair, the alleged mother of one of Musk’s children, has offered her ‘breakup advice’ to the president.

“hey @realDonaldTrump lmk if u need any breakup advice,” the influencer penned on X.

St Clair has previously claimed in an interview that her and Musk’s alleged relationship began after he ‘slid’ into her DMs.

Court documents claim the SpaceX founder and the influencer-turned-author began a ‘romantic relationship in or about May 2023’.

This led to the alleged conception of RSC, who was born in September 2024.

St Clair has offered her advice to Trump (Twitter/@stclairashley)

St Clair claims Musk hasn’t spoken to her since February 13 – the day before she went public about the SpaceX owner’s alleged baby.

However, Musk claims he has been providing financial support for the child.

He said on X: “I don’t know if the child is mine or not, but am not against finding out. No court order is needed.

“Despite not knowing for sure, I have given Ashley $2.5M and am sending her $500k/year.”

In response, St Clair said: “Elon, we asked you to confirm paternity through a test before our child (who you named) was even born. You refused.

“And you weren’t sending *me* money, you were sending support for your child that you thought was necessary… until you withdrew most of it to maintain control and punish me for ‘disobedience’. But you’re really only punishing your son.

“It’s ironic that your last effort in court was to try to gag me while you use a social media channel you literally own to distribute derogatory messages about me and our child to the entire world. It’s all about control with you, and everyone can see it.”

Elon Musk has announced he is stepping down from his post in politics after sharing his ‘disappointment’ in the Trump administration.

The world’s richest man was working under a distinct role in the US government as a ‘special government employee’ – which allows him to work for up to 130 days in the office each year, before his official exit on May 28.

So while his departure was expected, the Tesla owner has resigned three days earlier – and just a day after publicly criticizing President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’.

Speaking to CBS in a preview clip that aired on Tuesday (May 27), Musk said: “I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill frankly, which increases the budget deficit not just decrease it, and undermines the work that the Doge team is doing.

“I think a bill can be big or it can be beautiful… but I don’t know if it could be both, my personal opinion.”

The BBC has reported that following his criticism, the White House was working to ‘offboard’ Musk yesterday and he’s now added further comment on his platform X.

Elon Musk publicly criticized the Trump administration shortly before he stepped down from his government role (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The billionaire posted: “As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending.

“The @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government.”

The POTUS has been tight lipped on the matter so far, but he did send a cryptic message on Truth Social.

Posting a meme to his account, it pictured Trump walking in the middle of a darkened street at night, captioned: “He’s on a mission from God & nothing can stop what is coming.”

Despite not being voted in by the public, Musk has been heading up the new government division alongside former Republican presidential candidate and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.

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As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending. The @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government.

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His mission was to streamline the US government through plans to axe thousands of jobs and drastically reduce the wage bill, and once he had finished his mission, he had vowed to disband the department – setting a completion date of no later than July 4, 2026… Independence Day next year.

As Trump put it, his primary objective is to ‘dismantle government bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure federal agencies’.

The initiative has already engaged in mass layoffs across the country, overseen the removal of diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) programs, and it’s made sizeable cuts to the Department of Education.

Musk was referred to as President Donald Trump’s ‘first buddy’, with the pair having been inseparable in POTUS’ first few months in office (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

What is the ‘big, beautiful bill’?

The spending bill includes an increased in defense spending, including Trump’s ambition to implement a ‘Golden Dome’ above the US which would protect it from enemy missiles, as well as multi-trillion dollar tax breaks.

Having just squeezed through the House of Representatives, it will now go to the senate.

It is believed that the new legislation could could increase government spending by around $600 billion in the next fiscal year – which the SpaceX owner believes ‘undermines’ his role as head of the Department of Government Efficiency.