President Donald Trump confirmed Thursday that the relationship between him and tech billionaire Elon Musk is deteriorating.

After meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House, Trump took questions from reporters and weighed in publicly for the first time about the developing situation with Musk, who is a fierce critic of the president’s “big, beautiful bill.”

“Elon and I had a great relationship. I don’t know if we will anymore,” Trump said in the Oval Office.

Musk departed the White House last week, leaving his post as a special government employee leading the Department of Government Efficiency. He and Trump shared pleasantries in the Oval Office to mark his exit from the administration and the president said Musk would “always” be helping out.

However, over the

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