The simmering tension between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk exploded in public on Thursday, with the president sharply criticizing the Tesla CEO's attacks on the Republican policy bill and Musk firing back that the president would have lost the election

“I’m very disappointed because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office during a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. “I’m very disappointed in Elon. I’ve helped Elon a lot.”

Trump suggested that Musk, who earlier this week called the GOP bill a "disgusting abomination," was upset that the bill cut out a tax credit meant to incentivize electric vehicle purchases.

"Elon’s upset because we took the EV mandate, which was a lot of money for electric vehicles and they’r

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