Here's How Donald Trump Reacted To Elon Musk's Angry "Big Beautiful Bill" Tweet
Yesterday was the start of something people say was a long time coming.
In case you missed it, Elon Musk spoke out against Donald Trump's *big beautiful bill* that would reportedly raise the national deficit by $5 trillion.
"I'm sorry, but I just can't stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it."
People were saying this could be the end of their relationship: "I think this officially signals the end of the trump-elon bromance."
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Sooo, now we have an update.
House Speaker Mike Johnson was asked if he spoke to Trump about it, and here's what he said:
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"I talk to President Trump all of the time, multiple times a day. Obviously, we talked about this. As you know, he's not delighted that Elon did a 180 on that. Look, I don't know what happened in 24 hours, everybody can draw their own conclusions on that."
"Not delighted," eh?
Later in the press conference, Speaker Johnon said he called Elon and didn't answer.
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"Well, I'll tell you. I called Elon last night and he didn't answer. But I hope to talk to him today, it's not, you know, it's very friendly. You know, we've laughed about our differences on policies before."
Interesting!
"Not delighted" and an ignored phone call... let's see what happens next!
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