Elon Musk privately expresses frustration on a range of recent moves by Trump administration: Sources
- Elon Musk expressed private frustration toward several recent actions by the Trump administration as of early June 2025.
- This frustration follows multiple policy shifts including Trump's sudden tariff cut on China from 145% to 30% and raised tariffs on steel and aluminum to 50%.
- Additional context includes the Justice Department dropping its effort to obtain Peter Navarro's emails from the first Trump administration and Trump urging the Fed to cut interest rates after a weak jobs report.
- The Congressional Budget Office estimates Trump’s budget bill could increase uninsured Americans by 10.9 million, while Trump called the bill both “pork-filled” and “a disgusting abomination.”
- These developments suggest ongoing tensions within the administration and challenges to Trump’s ‘America First’ policies, complicating Republican political prospects and U.S. Trade strategy.
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Musk’s Frustration with Trump Goes Beyond Spending
"Elon Musk's grievances with the Trump administration extend beyond the level of spending in the president's signature bill," ABC News reports."Musk has privately expressed frustration about a portion of the spending bill that would cut the electric vehicle tax credit... Musk had also grown incr
Elon Musk went out of the North American administration and was already critical of Donald Trump's budget. A few days ago, New York Times published a report in which, citing people close to the millionaire, it was said that Musk consumed cetamine, alucinogenous cogums and ecstasy. Listen here to the new morning Express episode on the multimillionaire output of the Trump administration.

Elon Musk privately expresses frustration on a range of recent moves by Trump administration: Sources
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Elon Musk’s grievances with the Trump administration extend beyond the level of spending in the president’s signature bill, sources tell ABC News. Multiple people who have spoken to the president and Musk described a widening rift on a range of recent moves by the administration. Musk has privately expressed frustration about a portion of the spending bill that would cut the electric vehicle tax credit, …
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