Trump and Musk Online Spat: ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ vs ‘Big Ugly Bill’ — Everything They Said
“The Trump tariffs will cause a recession in the second half of this year.”
Trump and Musk Online Spat: ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ vs ‘Big Ugly Bill’ — Everything They Said
U.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, once allies, have gotten into an online spat after what appeared to be a respectful and friendly farewell during a joint press conference, where Musk stepped down from his role as a U.S. government special employee.
Their disagreement reportedly stemmed from a bill, with one calling it a “big beautiful bill” and the other calling it a “big ugly bill,”
The duo publicly began condemning each other on the intervening night of June 5 and 6.
Their online jabs have led to a 14% decline in Tesla’s share value, with its market capitalization taking a 152 billion dollar hit, according to CNBC.
Their online spat:
Trump called Elon “CRAZY.”
In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “Elon was wearing thin. I asked him to leave. I took away his EV mandate that forced everyone to buy electric cars that nobody else wanted (that he knew for months I was going to do!), and he just went CRAZY!”
To this, Elon replied, “Such an obvious lie. So sad.”
“I’ve aided him significantly. Look, Elon and I had a fantastic rapport. I can’t say if that will continue. I was taken aback,” Trump said.
“Elon is upset because we implemented the EV mandate, which was a considerable sum for electric vehicles, and they’re struggling—the electric vehicles—and they expect us to provide billions in subsidies. Elon was aware of this from the outset. He has known this for quite a while. That’s been consistent from the start.”
Trump also threatened to terminate Elon’s government subsidies and contracts,“The easiest way to save money in our budget—billions and billions of dollars—is to terminate Elon’s government subsidies and contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn’t do it!”
In response to Trump’s post, Elon replied on X, “In light of the President’s statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately.”
In another post on Truth, Trump wrote, “I don’t mind Elon turning against me, but he should have done so months ago. This is one of the greatest bills ever presented to Congress. It’s a record cut in expenses—1.6 trillion dollars—and the biggest tax cut ever given. If this bill doesn’t pass, there will be a 68% tax increase and things far worse than that. I didn’t create this mess, I’m just here to FIX IT. This puts our country on a path of greatness. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
"I'm very disappointed with Elon. I've helped him a lot. He knew the inner workings of the bill better than anybody sitting here. He had no problem with it. All of a sudden, he had a problem—and he only developed the problem when he found out we’re going to cut the EV mandate," stated in what appeared to be an interview.
Elon responded, “False, this bill was never shown to me even once and was passed in the dead of night so fast that almost no one in Congress could even read it! And the big, ugly spending bill will make things much worse.”
Musk’s Campaign Against the Bill
Elon called for the bill to be scrapped,“Call your Senator. Call your Congressman. Bankrupting America is NOT ok! KILL the BILL.”
Musk also endorsed a proposal to bar all sitting members of Congress from re-election if the deficit exceeds 3% of the U.S. GDP, according to a leading report.
“I think a bill can be big or it could be beautiful. I don't know if it could be both,” Musk remarked.
He said a new spending bill should be drafted that doesn’t massively grow the deficit or increase the debt ceiling by five trillion dollars.
“Keep the EV/solar incentive cuts in the bill—even though no oil & gas subsidies are touched (very unfair!!)—but ditch the MOUNTAIN of DISGUSTING PORK in the bill. In the entire history of civilization, there has never been legislation that is both big and beautiful. Everyone knows this! Either you get a big and ugly bill or a slim and beautiful bill. Slim and beautiful is the way,” Elon said.
He also warned, “The Big Ugly Bill will INCREASE the deficit to 2.5 trillion dollars!”
Musk added, “The Trump tariffs will cause a recession in the second half of this year.”
When a user on X posted,“The Big Beautiful Bill is a debt bomb ticking. It’s also the biggest missed opportunity conservatives have ever had to put our country back on a track of fiscal sanity. If we defeat this bill, a better one can be offered that won’t bankrupt our country,” Elon replied, “Absolutely.”
Musk's Political Poll
Elon also created a poll on his X handle, asking:
“Is it time to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the middle?”
As of now, 81% have voted “Yes” and 19% “No.” The poll has received 51 million views.
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