Trump torches Elon Musk as he reignites their feud with attacks on tax bill: 'He got a little bit upset'

WASHINGTON, DC: Just days after it appeared that Donald Trump and his former first buddy Elon Musk had put their feud behind them, they are at each other’s throats once again.

On Saturday, June 29, the 54-year-old Tesla CEO spent his birthday bashing the president’s heavily promoted spending bill, calling it “utterly insane and destructive” and warning it could be “political suicide” for the Republican Party.

The commander-in-chief then replied to Musk’s renewed digs, suggesting that he couldn't accept Republicans' refusal to continue doling out billions in electric vehicle credits, which were noticeably absent from the ‘big beautiful bill.’

Elon Musk once again torches Trump’s 'big beautiful bill'

Just days after expressing regret over his attacks on Trump, the tech billionaire took to his X to bash the Republicans’ domestic policy legislation, which would expand spending on border security and defense, prolong Trump's 2017 tax cuts, and establish new guidelines for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

“The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country! Utterly insane and destructive. It gives handouts to industries of the past while severely damaging industries of the future,” he wrote in his post.

Musk also suggested that the bill, which was narrowly passed by the House last month, "raises the debt ceiling by $5 TRILLION, the biggest increase in history, putting America in the fast lane to debt slavery!"

Musk even shared a post from another user who wrote, “We’re not shooting ourselves in the foot. We’re shooting ourselves in the chest,” to which Musk added, “Yes, utter madness!”

In another post, citing Republican polling data, the Space X CEO stated, "Polls show that this bill is political suicide for the Republican Party." According to the data he provided, 58% of Republicans believe the measure will "burden Americans with crushingly unsustainable debt."

Donald Trump hits back at Elon Musk over blistering attacks

On Sunday, Donald Trump sat down for an interview with Maria Bartiromo, where he suggested that exclusion spurred Musk’s meltdown on June 5, in which the world’s richest man accused Trump of being in the so-called Epstein Files and even called for his impeachment, according to the Daily Beast.

When asked for his current relationship with the tech mogul, the president called him a ‘wonderful guy’ but asserted that he has “not spoken to him much.”

"I think he's a wonderful guy. I haven't spoken to him much, but I think Elon is a wonderful guy, and I know he's going to do well always. He's a smart guy,” Trump said.

“And he actually went and campaigned with me and this and that. But he got a little bit upset, and that wasn't appropriate,” he added.

Trump attributed their feud to Musk's concerns about the electric vehicle mandate.

“The electric vehicle mandate, EV mandate, is a tough thing for him. I would think, you know, I don’t want everybody to have to have an electric car.”

“You know, I campaigned on, you have a choice if you want a gasoline power, if you want a hybrid, if you want—I love the electric, I love his cars. I think he’s fantastic, but not everybody should have that,” he stated.