'Without me, Trump would have lost election': Musk, Trump spar over bill
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Jun 6, 2025
A war of words erupted between onetime political allies Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, marking a dramatic shift in tone for the pair.
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Are we witnessing the fallout of Elon Musk and President Trump's alliance and friendship
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Let's catch you up on the fiery exchanges between the two on Thursday
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And I'll continue to be visiting here and be a friend and advisor to the president
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What was a friendly goodbye Friday from the Oval Office has quickly dissipated and derailed into online blows
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Elon Musk going as far as riding on X Time to drop the really big bomb
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Trump is in the Epstein files That's the reason they're not public
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And Musk sharing a user's post Suggesting Trump should be impeached To which Musk wrote Yes
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These posts followed dozens of earlier posts on X By the billionaire
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All related to his feud with Trump Musk wrote Without me, Trump would have lost the election
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Such ingratitude Musk reposted old tweets from Trump in 2013, where Trump said
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I can't believe the Republicans are extending the debt ceiling. I'm a Republican and I'm embarrassed
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Musk captioned the president's old tweet with wise words. And in another post where a user showcased more of Trump's posts from 2013
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ranging from him saying we need a balanced budget and deficits should not be allowed
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Musk said, where is this guy today? Trump did his own online warrior posting regarding the feud, taking to Truth Social to say
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Elon was wearing thin. I asked him to leave. I took away his EV mandate that forced everyone
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to buy electric cars that nobody else wanted. And he just went crazy. And he wrote, I don't
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mind Elon turning against me but he should have done so months ago This is one of the greatest bills ever presented to Congress During a press conference Thursday with Germany chancellor the conversation that was
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meant to be focused on trade turned to questions over Trump's relationship with Musk, to which the
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president said he is now unsure where their friendship stands. Elon and I had a great
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relationship. I don't know if we will anymore. I was surprised because you were here. Everybody
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in this room practically was here as we had a wonderful sendoff. He said wonderful things about
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me. You couldn't have nicer, said the best thing. He's worn the hat. Trump was right about everything
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And I am right about the great, big, beautiful bill. At the center of this dispute that continues
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to snowball as you watch this video is Trump's big, beautiful bill, which passed the House and
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is now in the Senate. Trump wants it on his desk to sign, but Musk and some other fiscal
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conservatives oppose it, citing concerns over a provision that will raise the debt ceiling
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$5 trillion. The future of that budget plan is still up in the air, because just as Musk and
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Trump are at odds over it, so is the slim Republican majority in the Senate. Also up in the air is the
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contracts between Elon Musk companies and the government, initially accepted by both sides to
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be mutually beneficial partnerships. But Trump posted to Truth Social a threat to terminate
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Elon's governmental subsidies and contracts, to which Elon threatened to cancel government
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contracts related to SpaceX, as their feud continues to spiral with uncertain consequences
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ahead. We'll continue to follow this story, and you can too, by downloading the Straight
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