Big, Beautiful Bromance On Break? Why Elon Musk & Donald Trump Are Fighting Over EVs
What’s got Musk’s lithium-ion batteries overheating? According to the billionaire, Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" is the root cause.
Musk Vs Trump: What happens when the world’s richest disruptor and the world’s most unpredictable president stop getting along? You get a Twitter (now X) meltdown, a tanking stock, and a political soap opera with more twists than a Tesla Autopilot on caffeine.
The bromance between Elon Musk and Donald Trump officially blew a fuse this week. The cause? Trump’s pet project — the One Big, Beautiful Bill — a sweeping tax and domestic policy overhaul that quietly slips a knife into the back of electric vehicle subsidies. Musk, who once strolled the White House halls as head of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (yes, DOGE was real), is now calling the bill a “disgusting abomination.” Subtle.
Trump, never one to take criticism gently, fired back: “I’m very disappointed with Elon. I’ve helped him a lot. He knew the inner workings of the bill better than anybody sitting here… he only developed the problem when he found out we're going to cut EV mandate.”
🚨TRUMP: "I'm very disappointed with Elon. I've helped him a lot. He knew the inner workings of the bill better than anybody sitting here. He had no problem with it. All of a sudden he had a problem & he only developed the problem when he found out we're going to cut EV mandate" pic.twitter.com/aeCcmCAODQ
— DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) June 5, 2025
Musk, flipping the switch to flamethrower mode, replied: “False, this bill was never shown to me even once and was passed in the dead of night so fast that almost no one in Congress could even read it!”
False, this bill was never shown to me even once and was passed in the dead of night so fast that almost no one in Congress could even read it! https://t.co/V4ztekqd4g
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2025
Ah, bromance.
The EV Mandate: Death by Footnote
So, what’s got Musk’s lithium-ion batteries overheating?
Buried on page 30 of Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is Section 112002 — the kind of bureaucratic horror that keeps policy wonks up at night. This clause fast-forwards the death of the federal EV tax credit from 2032 to drumroll December 31, 2025. That means starting 2026, if you want a Tesla, you’ll be paying full price while still dodging potholes and praying for a charging station in the middle of nowhere.
Oh, and just to make your wallet feel extra seen: there’s a new $250 annual tax for EV owners and $100 for hybrid drivers. Because saving the planet clearly isn’t patriotic enough.
Trump’s logic? EVs “struggle without subsidies” and “harm US autoworkers.” Musk’s logic? This is war.
Meltdown Mode: SpaceX, Epstein, and $250 Million Shade
The EV fight quickly mutated into a full-on personality clash. Musk quit DOGE last week (he says it was scheduled; Trump says he showed him the door). Then Trump hinted at pulling billions in federal contracts from Musk’s companies. Musk responded by threatening to pull SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft from NASA missions. (Yes, he literally tried to ground the US space program out of spite — billionaire problems.)
Musk then accused Trump of hiding Jeffrey Epstein files to protect himself — a completely evidence-free mic drop that the White House swiftly batted away, noting Trump’s name does appear in flight logs, just not in the “suspicious” section.
And, of course, it wouldn’t be Musk without some personal scorekeeping. He reminded Trump — and the world — that he poured $250 million into the 2024 campaign to help him win. His words? Trump is “ungrateful.” Trump’s response? Essentially, “thanks for nothing.”
Political Drama Meets Wall Street Wipeout
While the two billionaires slap-fight over who ghosted who, Tesla shareholders are the ones getting dumped. The EV maker’s stock nosedived by 14%, erasing $150 billion in value. Meanwhile, Republicans are scrambling to focus on the bill’s supposed economic magic — which is now lost in the Musk-Trump echo chamber.
So here we are: a president who can’t resist clapping back, a tech mogul with a persecution complex, and a tax bill with more booby traps than benefits.
Moral of the story? If you ever become a government official with your own efficiency department named after a meme coin, maybe read the bill before you tweet.
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