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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Musk Claims Trump Would’ve Lost 2024 Without Him — Trump Calls Him ‘Crazy’ and Threatens Payback - News Addicts
President Trump responded to Elon Musk’s thrashing of the Big Beautiful Act and its spending levels, sparking a very public feud between the two. Trump told reporters on Thursday that Musk is seemingly “upset because we took the EV mandate” and suggested he was also unhappy that Trump pulled the nomination of Musk’s friend, Jared […] The post Musk Claims Trump Would’ve Lost 2024 Without Him — Trump Calls Him ‘Crazy’ and Threatens Payback appeare…
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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