President Donald Trump was dejected, processing his very public split with the world’s richest man.

Trump had attempted to stay quiet over the bill – which is now treading water in the Senate – but finally broke Thursday during an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, saying Musk “never had a problem” with the bill “until right after he left.”

An afternoon of escalating attacks left the men threatening to wield their power against each other.

President Donald Trump spoke with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday morning about their ongoing trade war, with Trump saying the two leaders agreed to have their teams resume talks “shortly.” Trump wrote on Truth Social that the call lasted about 90 minutes and focused “almost entirely on trade,