US EditionAt the Races: Big, Beautiful Bickering
- On June 5, 2025, President Donald Trump and Elon Musk clashed publicly over Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' on U.S. Tax and spending policies.
- The dispute arose because the bill cuts $1 trillion in Medicaid, food stamps, and electric vehicle subsidies, fueling Musk's opposition and Trump's retaliation.
- Musk, once a Trump ally and federal adviser, denounced the bill as a 'disgusting abomination' and demanded its repeal, while Trump threatened to end Musk's federal contracts.
- Trump called Musk 'crazy' for opposing the bill and said Musk's subsidies cost 'billions and billions,' while Musk accused Trump of misinformation and being in the Epstein files.
- The feud undermined their prior alliance, raised investor concerns, and spotlighted intense divisions within the Republican Party over the bill’s substance and political viability.
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Trump, Musk feud explodes: Former allies clash over 'big, beautiful bill'
A public feud erupts between President Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk. Trump expresses "disappointment" after Musk blasted his "Big, Beautiful Bill." Musk retorts by claiming his support was crucial for Trump in 2024, and even suggests Trump is "in the Epstein files."
ThePatriotLight - Musk hits back at 'false' Trump comments on mega-bill
ThePatriotLight - Elon Musk hit back at Donald Trump in their growing row over the US president’s tax and spending mega-bill Thursday — with the tech tycoon commenting live on his X platform even as Trump spoke in the Oval office. “Whatever,” Musk wrote above a video of Trump saying his billionaire former advisor was upset about the loss of subsidies for electric vehicles. He then wrote “false” after Trump said Musk had advance sight of the so-c…
'He's taking the high ground!' MAGA senator insists Trump had 'good day'
President Donald Trump's political orbit is in total disarray as he wages war with his longtime ally, tech billionaire Elon Musk, over the future of his "big, beautiful bill" that extends tax cuts for almost exclusively wealthy earners while cutting $1 trillion from Medicaid, food stamps, and clean ...
Trump’s ‘One big, beautiful bill’: Elon Musk and Donald Trump clash over Republican budget and tax plan. At least four parts of…
Public feud between Trump and Musk erupts
The feud between President Trump and Elon Musk erupted in public today. Trump accused Musk of only opposing his ‘big beautiful bill’ because it would negatively impact his companies. Musk argued he was the reason that Trump won the election. NBC News’ Garrett Haake reports.
Trump appears to dump Musk amid bitter back-and-forth over budget bill
The bizarre political bromance between the most powerful man on Earth and the wealthiest tycoon in the world appeared to be over Thursday as President Trump and Elon Musk traded barbs in the wake of the Tesla mogul’s harsh criticism of his signature Big Beautiful Bill. The president signaled his alliance with Musk was done after he had derided Trump’s crucial must-pass bill as an “abomination.” “Elon and I had a great relationship, [but] I don’t…
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