President Donald Trump and Elon Musk renewed hostilities Monday evening as the 2 traded barbs on social media.
Musk spent the night threatening to defeat most of the identical Republican lawmakers he helped elect final yr in the event that they vote for Trump’s signature “big, beautiful bill,” whereas Trump threatened to chop the federal government contracts and subsidies that profit Musk’s companies.
The tech billionaire railed towards the rising authorities debt, calling the laws an “insane spending invoice.”
“Each member of Congress who campaigned on lowering authorities spending after which instantly voted for the most important debt enhance in historical past ought to dangle their head in disgrace!” he wrote on X. “And they’ll lose their major subsequent yr whether it is the very last thing I do on this Earth.”
He previewed what his assaults on these lawmakers would appear like:
Trump fired again on Truth Social by suggesting that Musk’s so-called Division of Authorities Effectivity, set as much as combat waste, fraud, and abuse in authorities, may subsequent goal Musk’s personal corporations.
Musk stated he had no downside with that, writing on X: “I’m actually saying CUT IT ALL. Now.”
He agreed with one other message, saying that it also needs to embody oil and fuel subsidies.
He even threatened to form a new political party, the America Get together, if the invoice handed.
Musk spent roughly $291 million in the course of the 2024 election cycle, most notably to assist Trump, according to OpenSecrets.org. He turned a prime marketing campaign surrogate for Trump and, after the election, the 2 appeared virtually inseparable.
As soon as in workplace, Trump tasked Musk with organising his DOGE unit to chop authorities spending. When Musk’s time in authorities got here to an finish ― as a “particular authorities worker,” he was restricted by legislation to 130 days ― Trump held an Oval Office event in Might honoring the billionaire.
Trump gave Musk a ceremonial key to the White Home and thanked him for bringing “a colossal change.”
However solely days later, Musk turned on Trump, slamming the “large, lovely invoice” as a “disgusting abomination” and urging Americans to kill the legislation. He additionally stated Trump hasn’t launched the recordsdata associated to late intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein as a result of he’s in them.
“That’s the actual purpose they haven’t been made public,” Musk wrote. “Have a pleasant day, DJT!”
Musk admitted a few week later that he “went too far” in his assaults on Trump and deleted the Epstein tweet and a variety of others, and issues appeared to chill off… till Monday.
