In a recent podcast interview, President Donald Trump expressed willingness to mend fences with Elon Musk following a heated exchange over a major government spending bill.
Despite their public spat, Trump made clear he holds no grudges and emphasized the need for unity to strengthen the nation.
Speaking on the debut episode of “Pod Force One with Miranda Devine,” Trump addressed the fallout with Musk, the SpaceX and Tesla CEO who once led Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Musk was tasked with trimming $2 trillion from federal spending but left the position after publicly criticizing the controversial bill Trump supports.
“I was really surprised that that happened,” Trump said of Musk’s criticism. “He went after a bill that’s phenomenal. He just — I think he feels very badly that he said that, actually.”
The spending bill, which passed the House on May 22 and is pending in the Senate, aims to extend key portions of Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act while boosting border security and defense funding.
However, it has drawn criticism for its projected impact on the nation’s debt, which already exceeds $36 trillion according to the Congressional Budget Office, per Fox News.
Musk’s public break