If it's Thursday, President Trump slams Elon Musk for attacking his big, beautiful bill and threatens to strip him of his government contracts.

As Elon Musk fires back and Republicans grapple with what it all means for the future of their party and their agenda.

Plus an unprecedented frenzy of actions from the White House, including

President Trump ordering an investigation into former President Biden's actions while in office,

and claims that his aides misled the public about his alleged decline. And a high-stakes call

between President Trump and China's President Xi Jinping, as the two leaders discuss trade war

tensions and lay the groundwork for a face-to-face meeting.

Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Kristen Welker in New York, and we begin with the fire hose of news coming out of the White House right now.

Tensions between President Trump and Elon Musk have now exploded and are playing out in a very public way.

It comes after the president today held a wide-ranging Oval Office appearance alongside the German Chancellor,

where he addressed a number of issues, including his sweeping new travel ban,

his new investigation into former President Biden and his aides,

and his recent calls with the leaders of China and Russia.

But it's President Trump commenting for the very first time about Elon Musk's efforts to take his mega bill in Congress that is driving the news right now.

With President Trump suggesting Mr. Musk, who just left his administration less than a week ago, has now become hostile.

Elon's upset because we took the EV mandate, which was a lot of money for electric vehicles,

and, you know, they're having a hard time of the electric vehicles, and they want us to pay

billions of dollars in subsidy.

And, you know, Elon knew this from the beginning.

He knew it for a long time ago.

Look, Elon and I had a great

relationship. I don't know of it will anymore. People leave my administration and they love us.

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