Topic summary
Trump–Musk feud
- Musk says he is responsible for Trump winning the 2024 presidential election but that Trump showed "such ingratitude"
- Musk claims that Trump is in the Epstein files
- Musk apologizes, later praises Trump
- Trump and Musk not on speaking terms
- Musk resumes attacks on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
- Musk announces the America Party
- Musk and Trump reunite at the memorial service of Charlie Kirk
- First 100 days
- Executive actions
- Trips
- Opinion polling
- Legal affairs
- Protests
- Social media (X)
- Domestic
- Economic
- Environment
- Foreign
- Government shutdowns
- Immigration
- Infrastructure
- Social
- Space
From June to September 2025, businessman and former presidential advisor Elon Musk and U.S. president Donald Trump engaged in a series of social media attacks, primarily across X (formerly Twitter) and Truth Social (platforms owned by Musk and Trump, respectively), following Musk's departure from the second Trump administration with his criticisms of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a bill intended to be landmark legislation for Trump.
Prior to being political allies in 2024, Musk and Trump shared a history of mutual provocation. In 2022, Musk described Trump as an unsuitable president due to his age in response to Trump calling him a "bullshit artist". While the relations between the two had warmed, in July 2025 however, Trump escalated the feud, stating at a rally in Michigan, "Maybe it's time he went back to where he came from". After their public feud began to thaw, with Musk sharing Trump posts on his X account and Trump calling him a good person, the two men publicly reunited at Charlie Kirk's memorial service in September 2025.