Inside Conflict Between Trump and Elon Musk
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President Donald Trump and Elon Musk appear to be making up after a very public fight following Musk's opposition to Trump's bill. Does he support it?
Asserting that "you keep what you earn," under the proposed bill, it proclaimed: "More hours = More cash. That’s America First." followed by emojis of an explosion and the American flag.
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Elon Musk is continuing his attacks on President Donald Trump's signature bill on Wednesday with a barrage of posts on X slamming the megabill, saying in one that no one "should be able to stomach it," while another instructed his more than 200 million followers to call members of Congress to "KILL the BILL."
The staggering and exceedingly public rupture in the world’s most consequential and unprecedented partnership was a long time coming. But the surreal state of suspended animation that consumed Washington as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk traded escalating blows on social media obscured a 48-hour period that illustrated profoundly high-stakes moment for the White House.
On the June 13 episode of Real Time With Bill Maher, the late-night host, 69, addressed the falling-out between the Tesla CEO, 53, and POTUS, 79. Maher specifically discussed Musk attempting to backtrack on some of the harsh things he wrote about Trump on X.
Calif., agreeing with him on the Big Beautiful Bill, saying that "few things could convince me to reconsider my position more."
Musk says he hates the bill because it is expected to drive up the deficit by nearly $4 trillion. But, as White House sources have been quick to tell reporters over the last 24 hours, there are other reasons why the billionaire Tesla CEO is lashing out. As one source put it simply to Axios, “Elon was butthurt.”