Trump Unleashes on Musk in Worst Tirade Yet as Budget Fight Escalates
Trump took to Truth Social at nearly 1 a.m. on Tuesday morning to assert that Musk was only against his One Big Beautiful Bill Act because it revokes the electric vehicle mandate that directly benefits Musk's Tesla corporation. He also posited that DOGE should investigate Musk for the amount of subsidies he's received from the federal government.
'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 not everyone should be forced to own one,' he wrote. 'Elon may get more subsidy than 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!!!'
Musk had been lambasting the bill for days on X before Trump's Truth Social post, and on Monday threatened to primary any Republicans who support the legislation and start his own third party if it passes.
'If this insane spending bill passes, the America Party will be formed the next day,' Musk wrote on Monday. 'Our country needs an alternative to the Democrat-Republican uniparty so that the people actually have a VOICE.
'Anyone who campaigned on the PROMISE of REDUCING SPENDING, but continues to vote on the BIGGEST DEBT ceiling increase in HISTORY will see their face on this poster in the primary next year,' he wrote above a picture of Pinocchio up in flames.
This dynamic—Musk eviscerating the spending bill, while Trump asserts that Musk's known about the legislation and is only upset about the E.V. mandate removal—has been ongoing since early June. While Musk's vehement opposition to the spending bill is surprising given his months of close proximity to Trump, this bromance seems to be all but over as the 'big, beautiful bill' is likely to pass through Congress.
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