Elon Musk is back to attacking President Trump's agenda, but Trump isn't taking the bait.
Trump shrugged off Musk's latest mood swing after the Tesla CEO started ripping into the Senate version of Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill."
Musk had previously apologized to Trump for hurling bitter insults during a dramatic rift that opened up in early June. The Tesla CEO had called for Republicans to kill Trump's legislation, calling it an "abomination" and later tying Trump to Jeffrey Epstein's crimes without evidence.
The president was magnanimous in an interview Sunday with Fox News, calling his former campaign benefactor a "wonderful" guy despite his latest criticism.
However, Trump kept his distance, noting he hasn't spoken to Musk very much since he went haywire the first time.
"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," Trump told Fox News' Maria Bartiromo.
"He's a smart guy. And he actually went and campaigned with me and this and that. But he got a little bit upset, and that wasn't appropriate."
Weeks after his initial meltdown, Musk is once again sounding off at a critical juncture as Republicans scramble to finalize the Big, Beautiful bill before Trump's July 4th deadline.
"The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country! Utterly insane and destructive," Musk wrote.
In another post Monday, Musk called for a new political party in a direct shot at Trump and his sway over the GOP.
"It is obvious with the insane spending of this bill, which increases the debt ceiling by a record FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS that we live in a one-party country – the PORKY PIG PARTY!! Time for a new political party that actually cares about the people," Musk wrote.
While Musk insists that his main issue is with federal spending, Trump says Musk is upset that the bill does not advance his electric car agenda.
"Why did he get upset? He just wasn't getting what he wanted?" Bartiromo asked Trump.
"Look, the electric vehicle mandate, the EV mandate, is a tough thing for him. I would, you know, I don't want everybody to have to have an electric car," Trump said.
For now, it seems Trump wants to avoid drawing attention to Musk's latest criticism, but we'll have to see if Trump's approach changes in the coming days.
