
Call with China's Xi, and Trump-Musk exchange fueled barbs during 20th week in office
Fox News
Trump and Elon Musk's feud escalated Thursday, while Trump also spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping about trade deals.
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
On Thursday, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that Musk opposed the bill because it eliminates an electric vehicle tax credit that benefits companies like Tesla. But Trump said that provision has always been part of the measure.
"I'm very disappointed, because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here, better than you people," Trump said in the Oval Office in a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. "He knew everything about it. He had no problem with it. All of a sudden he had a problem, and he only developed the problem when he found out that we're going to have to cut the EV mandate, because that's billions and billions of dollars, and it really is unfair."













