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The feud between President Donald Trump and his former ally, Elon Musk, was reignited once again on Tuesday after the world’s richest person said he’ll back primary challenges against GOP lawmakers voting for the president’s signature spending bill, prompting Trump to retaliate by threatening to scrap government subsidies for Musk’s firms.
Elon Musk looks on during a news conference with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the … More
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Musk attacked the spending bill in a series of post on X on Monday night and early Tuesday morning, saying: “Every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing government spending,” and backed the mega bill “will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth.”
The billionaire then tweeted, “If this insane spending bill passes, the America Party will be formed the next day,” as he bashed what he described as the “Democrat-Republican uniparty.”
Musk later said that anyone who votes for the legislation after campaigning “on the PROMISE of REDUCING SPENDING” will see their face on a poster of Pinocchio with the caption “LIAR” followed by the text “Voted to increase America’s Debt by $5,000,000,000,000.”
The X owner reshared the results of an unscientific poll he conducted on the platform last month during his public blow-up with the president and wrote “VOX POPULI VOX DEI 80% voted for a new party.”
Earlier on Monday, Musk had attacked the GOP and the spending bill, tweeting: “It is obvious with the insane spending of this bill, which increases the debt ceiling by a record FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS that we live in a one-party country – the PORKY PIG PARTY!!”
This is a developing story.