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Musk says Trump would have lost 2024 election without him as 'Big Beautiful Bill' feud continues

  • Elon Musk and Donald Trump publicly clashed in early June 2025 in an ongoing dispute on the social media platform X.
  • The feud intensified after Musk criticized Trump’s recent policy bill largely for increasing federal debt, prompting Trump’s first public rebuke of Musk.
  • Trump suggested Musk opposes the bill due to losing the electric vehicle incentive and questioned their friendship while Musk highlighted his prior $250 million campaign support.
  • Musk claimed, "Without me, Trump would have lost the election," while Trump insisted he would have won Pennsylvania regardless and called Musk’s stance unfair.
  • The dispute reflects a sharp breakdown in their relationship and signals broader tensions over policy and political influence ahead of the August debt ceiling deadline.
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Trump, Musk clash over economic policy, spending bill

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For months, the tech billionaire and the US president have staged themselves as close friends. Now they present their separation with online ugliness and threats – even at Trump's meeting with Merz.

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The ‘link’ between Donald Trump and Elon Musk ended scandalously in the eyes of everyone, between mutual accusations and a constant offensive by the businessman against the U.S. President’s fiscal plan. Musk even attributed Trump’s victory in the 2024 elections: “Without me Trump would have lost, the Democrats would have controlled the House of Representatives and the Republicans would have stayed at 51-49 in the Senate,” he said in X.

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TMZ broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Thursday, June 5, 2025.
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