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Trump-Musk feud reignites
Andrew Childers
Axios.com
Updated 7 hours ago
Elon Musk again blasted President Trump's signature spending bill
Monday as the Senate worked through a marathon amendment session to
send the measure to the Oval Office by July 4.
The latest: Hours after Musk threatened to form a new political party
if the "big, beautiful bill" passed, Trump claimed early Tuesday the
Tesla CEO "may get more subsidy than any human being in history" and
suggested he may have DOGE, which the Tesla CEO once spearheaded, take
a "good, hard, look" at the billionaire's companies.
A screenshot of President Trump's Truth Social post, saying:
"Elon Musk knew, long before he so strongly Endorsed me for President,
that I was strongly against the EV Mandate. It is ridiculous, and was
always a major part of my campaign. Electric cars are fine, but now
everyone should be forced to own one. Elon may get more subsidythan any
human being in history, by far, and without subsidies, Elon would
probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa. No
more Rocket launches, Satellites, or Electric Car Production, and our
Country would save a FORTUNE. Perhaps we should have DOGE take a good,
hard look at this? BIG MONEY TO BE SAVED!!!"
Screenshot: President Trump/Truth Social
Why it matters: The relationship between Trump and Musk -- once a
ubiquitous figure in the White House and at DOGE -- imploded over the president's "big, beautiful bill."
"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!!" Musk wrote on his
social media site X.
"Time for a new political party that actually cares about the
people," the world's richest person added.
What they're saying: In a separate post, Musk doubled down on his
rhetoric, saying every member of Congress who votes to pass the bill
should "hang their head in shame."
"[T]hey will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I
do on this Earth," Musk said.
In a post later Monday, Musk said, "If this insane spending bill
passes, the America Party will be formed the next day."
He added that the country needs "an alternative to the
Democrat-Republican uniparty so that the people actually have a VOICE."
Of note: The White House initially responded to Musk's comments by
pointing to Trump's remarks to Fox News over the weekend saying that
the billionaire was upset the bill would end subsidies for EVs.
"I think Elon is a wonderful guy, and I know he's going to do well,
always. He's a smart guy," Trump said in the interview.
Friction point: Musk, who slashed and burned through federal agencies
atop the Department of Government Efficiency, has repeatedly decried
the size of Trump's spending package, now estimated to add more than $3 trillion to the national debt.
The rupture spilled over into an open feud earlier this month, with
Musk lashing out at Trump in a series of X posts, which he later walked
back.
Musk, who claimed credit for Trump's reelection, had floated the
idea of founding a new political party in an X poll of his readers June
5.
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/30/musk-trump-big-beautiful-bill-new-political-party
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