EXCLUSIVE: As Elon Musk prepares to receive a prestigious honor from President Donald Trump Thursday afternoon, several sources familiar with the pair's relationship say that the trillionaire is back in the administration's fold after last year's nasty blowup between the pair."Water under the bridge," one former administration official told Fox News Digital when about to classify the falling out and subsequent rekindling of the pair's relationship.Musk had a meteoric rise within the MAGA movement during the 2024 presidential election, and after Trump was reelected joined the administration to lead massive federal government cuts under the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).During that time, he had a chummy relationship with Trump, who presented him with a ceremonial golden key to the White House during an Oval Office celebration.In May 2025, Musk left the government after leading DOGE for more than a year.
The CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and X (formerly Twitter) was reportedly at odds with Trump over the amount of government spending tied to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which he viewed as antithetical to DOGE's effort to reduce wasteful spending in a bloated federal government.U.S.President Donald Trump and Elon Musk attend a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., May 30, 2025.
(REUTERS/Nathan Howard)NEW BOOK ON ELON MUSK EXAMINES THE BILLIONAIRE’S MIND, MOTIVATION AND MAKING LIFE MULTI-PLANETARYOn June 3 of 2025, Musk took to the social media platform he owns to rail against the bill, describing it as a "disgusting abomination.""KILL THE BILL," Musk wrote on X the following day.Trump fired back in a social media post of his own, saying Musk had been "wearing thin" on him, and that Musk went "CRAZY" after Trump rolled back a what the administration described as a Biden-era "backdoor electric vehicle mandate."Musk then claimed that Trump would not have won the 2024 election without his financial support and accused him of ...