Trump says he likes Elon ‘a lot’ amid uncertain friendship status

President Donald Trump mentioned Tuesday that he nonetheless has loads of love for “Elon,” regardless of their high-profile division earlier this 12 months over the One Large Lovely Invoice Act.

On the finish of the administration’s month-to-month Cupboard assembly, FOX Enterprise’ Edward Lawrence requested Trump if Musk was “again in” [his] circle of buddies” after their argument.

Trump replied: “Nicely, I actually do not know. I imply, I like Elon loads.” He praised Musk’s help throughout the 2024 marketing campaign earlier than noting their disagreement over electrical automobile coverage.

Musk was a fixture within the White Home within the early days of the second Trump administration, when he took on the position of de facto chief of the Division of Authorities Effectivity. He served as a particular authorities official within the Trump administration to assist lead DOGE, frequently attended Cupboard conferences and joined Trump at public occasions. Musk’s time period at DOGE expired on the finish of Could.

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President Donald Trump mentioned he likes Elon Musk “loads” after the couple confronted a disagreement over the One Large Lovely Invoice Act earlier this 12 months. (Brandon Bell/Getty Photographs)

Musk additionally favored Trump throughout the 2024 election cycle, crossing battleground states that each one finally voted for the Republican candidate over former Vice President Kamala Harris.

Trump has repeatedly praised Musk for his efforts at DOGE to eradicate potential federal overspending, fraud and mismanagement — an effort that got here beneath assault from administration officers and Democrats who repeatedly protested each the Trump administration and Musk earlier this 12 months.

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The comfy friendship fell aside in June, nevertheless, when Musk started publicly ridiculing the “One Large Lovely Invoice,” a large piece of laws that Trump signed into legislation in July that furthers his agenda on taxes, immigration, power, protection and the nationwide debt.

Musk denounced the laws, which Trump had referred to as on Republican lawmakers to go because the begin of his second time period. He posted on

Elon Musk speaks on the Conservative Political Motion Convention (CPAC) on February 20, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Photographs)

Trump beforehand advised the media that his relationship with Musk modified when he started discussing plans to eradicate the electrical automobile mandate, which might influence Musk’s signature electrical firm, Tesla. Trump signed a trio of congressional resolutions in June that ended California’s restrictive rules on diesel engines and mandates on electrical automobile gross sales, with Trump celebrating that his signature will “kill California mandates perpetually.”

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The couple break up abruptly in June, with Musk weeks later providing some help for Trump’s presidential actions on social media, resembling praising a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza in July.

President Donald Trump speaks throughout a Cupboard assembly on the White Home, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Picture/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Musk was seen bodily returning to Trump’s orbit in September on the memorial service for Charlie Kirk, the founding father of Turning Level USA, who was assassinated on September 10. The pair had been noticed chatting subsequent to one another throughout the ceremony.

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Musk final attended a Trump occasion on Nov. 18 on the White Home for dinner with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, in addition to dozens of high-profile enterprise leaders.

Trump’s newest feedback about Musk got here throughout his Cupboard assembly, which marked his ninth such assembly because the begin of his second administration and matched the overall variety of full Cupboard conferences former President Joe Biden held throughout his four-year time period.