Musk proposes a new political party, Trump suggests DOGE ‘might have to go back and eat Elon’
Elon Musk s feud with President Donald Trump and seemingly any congressional Republicans who aid the president s massive tax cuts and spending package has reignited with the tech billionaire threatening to launch a new political party and Trump suggesting Musk could be punished for his opposition The dispute has laid bare not only the differences between the Republican president and one of his most of vociferous one-time advocates but also has reignited the possibility that the world s richest man will along with his billions reenter the political spending arena Here s a look at the latest in the Musk-Trump dispute Musk reenters the political fray Musk who spent at least million supporting Trump in the presidential campaign as the main contributor to America PAC noted in May that he would likely spend a lot less on politics in the future But his up-to-date statements seem to indicate Musk might be rethinking that stance On Monday the tech billionaire and former Department Of Regime Efficiency chief lashed out multiple times at Republicans for backing Trump s tax cuts bill calling the GOP the PORKY PIG PARTY for including a provision that would raise the nation s debt limit by trillion and calling the bill political suicide for Republicans After a post pledging to work toward supporting primary challengers for members of Congress who backed the bill Musk responded I will to a post in which former Michigan Rep Justin Amash petitioned for Musk s sponsorship of Rep Thomas Massie Trump and his aides are already targeting the Kentucky Republican for voting against the measure launching a new super PAC devoted to defeating him Tuesday morning Musk replied You re awesome to an X post from Massie recirculating news coverage of Musk s promotion of him Musk s back and forth with Trump Musk and Trump s potent political alliance seemed to meet a dramatic end a month ago in an exchange of blistering epithets with Trump threatening to go after Musk s business interests and Musk calling for Trump s impeachment Much of it has boiled down to Musk s criticism of the tax cuts and spending bill which he has called a disgusting abomination Both the House and Senate version propose a dramatic rollback of the Biden-era green resource tax breaks for electric vehicles and related technologies Musk is the chief executive of Tesla the nation s largest electric carriage manufacturer and SpaceX which has massive defense contracts Overnight Trump posted on social media that Musk has long known of his opposition against the EV Mandate which he called ridiculous Saying that without subsidies the Tesla CEO would seemingly have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa Trump suggested that Perhaps we should have DOGE take a good hard look at this BIG MONEY TO BE SAVED Trump went further at the White House on Tuesday when sought by a reporter if he would consider deporting Musk We might have to put DOGE on Elon Trump revealed of the government-adjacent entity Musk once ran for him slashing through federal agencies in a broad-based cost-cutting spree You know what DOGE is DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon A new political party Several times Musk has suggested that a new political party is needed to encapsulate the viewpoints he argues aren t represented by the GOP Early last month Musk posted a poll on his X feed asking if the U S demands a political party that really represents the in the middle Overnight Monday Musk reposted the results of the survey in which more than million votes were cast showing more than of votes were in favor of a new party Monday afternoon Musk suggested that the America Party would be formed if this insane spending bill passes saying the U S necessities an alternative to the Democrat-Republican uniparty so that the people literally have a VOICE
