Trump-Musk feud stay updates: Warring allies anticipated to talk Friday amid claims aides informed president to ‘temper response’
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk may meet on Friday after their disagreement over the former’s “big, beautiful bill” erupted into a spectacular public feud on Thursday.
The world’s richest man, who left the Trump administration last week, has been increasingly vocal about his opposition to the president’s signature legislation, a huge tax and spending bill that threatens to drive up the national debt and ends a tax credit on electric vehicles that benefits Musk’s Tesla business.
After calling the bill a “disgusting abomination” on Tuesday, the billionaire urged Republican senators to “kill” it before the spat finally exploded when Trump lashed out in the Oval Office.
“I’m very disappointed, because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody… He had no problem with it,” he said.
Musk disputed the allegation on X, counter-claiming that the bill was “passed in the dead of night” so that no one in Congress had time to read it.
The tech boss went on to claim that Trump would have lost last year’s election without his support, allege that the government’s files on paedophile Jeffrey Epstein are being withheld because they mention the president and to call for his impeachment.
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Musk calls for Trump’s impeachment
Musk said he would like to see Trump impeached and replaced with JD Vance.
“President vs Elon. Who wins? My money’s on Elon. Trump should be impeached and JD Vance should replace him,” Ian Miles Cheong wrote on X.
ICYMI: ‘Without me, Trump would have lost the election,’ Musk says
Elon Musk further responded to Trump’s comments on Thursday after the president expressed disappointment in Musk’s opposition to his primary congressional legislation, which aims to advance his agenda.
Musk wrote on X on Thursday, “Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate.”
“Such ingratitude,” he added.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson reportedly tried calling Musk, says Donald Trump is the one to credit for 2024 election win
House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters that he tried to call Elon Musk, but was unable to reach him. He did, however, send him “a lot of information via text.”
When asked about Musk taking credit for Trump’s election win, Johnson said “I don’t think any one person deserves credit, but if there is one person, it’s Donald J Trump.”
He insisted that the rift between Musk and Trump “isn’t personal.”
Musk may be open to repairing relationship with Trump
Elon Musk appears to be willing to deescalate his feud with Donald Trump.
The Tesla CEO replied to Pershing Square CEO Bill Ackman’s call for he and Musk to unify because they are “stronger together.”
“You’re not wrong,” Musk replied.
Trump and Musk may be speaking tomorrow after spending a day sniping at each other online
Donald Trump and Elon Musk may be speaking tomorrow, according to Politico’s White House Bureau Chief Dasha Burns, who said she spoke to the president on Thursday night.
According to Burns, White House aides have advised Trump to temper his response to Musk if the men talk.
Trump reportedly told Politico that things were going “very well” for him and bragged about his polling number.
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt tries to downplay Trump-Musk feud on Fox News
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt appeared on Sean Hannity’s show on Thursday, and downplayed the continuing feud between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump.
She said that Musk has a “right to speak for his companies … but that Trump has a responsibility to fight for this country.”
Hannity also tried to downplay the feud as just “powerful men” having a “policy disagreement,” and likened it to high school hockey teammates fighting each other only to become friends again the next day.
Musk and Trump aren’t fighting directly, however; they are sniping at each other indirectly over social media. They also aren’t high school boys.
Musk has co-signed a call for Trump’s impeachment and insinuated that the president is a rapist pedophile, and Trump has threatened to end Musk’s government subsidies.
House Democrats demand FBI, DOJ confirm or deny Elon Musk’s allegations that Trump is in the Epstein client list
House Democrats are asking the Department of Justice and the FBI whether or not Elon Musk’s claims that Donald Trump is on the Epstein client list are true, according to an Axios report.
Musk accused Trump of being in the Epstein files on Thursday when the two men’s relationship imploded on social media.
Now, Democratic Congressmen Stephen Lynch and Robert Garcia have sent a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel requesting that he “immediately clarify whether [Musk’s] allegation is true.”
The lawmakers requested a timeline for the Department of Justice’s efforts to review and declassify the Epstein files, for a description of Trump’s involvement in reviewing the documents, and an explanation for why previous versions of the client list were heavily redacted, according to the report.
A White House spokesperson told Axios that the Democrats are engaged in “another baseless stunt” in their efforts to undermine Trump.
Source: independent.co.uk
