White House responds to Elon Musk's explosive rant over Trump's 'disgusting abomination'
It looks like things are falling apart in Washington, with the battle lines being drawn between members of the Republican Party.
There were already rumbles of dissent in the ranks, with so-called First Buddy Elon Musk taking aim at President Donald Trump's big, beautiful bill.
The world's richest man already announced he was stepping away from politics and his position as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, but did anyone expect him to do it in quite such an explosive way?
Never one to mince his words, Elon Musk has taken to X to blast Donald Trump and refer to his agenda bill as a 'disgusting abomination'.
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Calling out those who voted through the $4 trillion debt ceiling hike, Musk raged: "I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it."
In a follow-up post, the tech mogul added that the bill "will massively increase the already gigantic budget deficit to $2.5 trillion (!!!) and burden America citizens with crushingly unsustainable debt."
It didn't take long for the White House to respond, with Fox News White House Correspondent Peter Doocy pressing White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on the official stance.
Doocy said: "How mad do you think Trump is going to be when he finds out what Elon Musk said?"
A defiant Leavitt replied: "The President already knows where Elon Musk stood on this bill. It doesn’t change the president’s opinion. This is one, big, beautiful bill and he’s sticking to it.”
The bill narrowly passed the House and now lies with the Senate, although the upper chamber might be even harder to clear.
Trump faces plenty of backlash from senators, including Kentucky's Rand Paul, Wisconsin's Ron Johnson, Missouri's Josh Hawley, Alaska's Lisa Murkowski, North Carolina's Thom Tillis, and more. In particular, Paul sided with Musk and objected to raising the debt ceiling. This caught the attention of the POTUS, who accused the Kentucky senator of saying "NO on everything" and never having "practical or constructive ideas."
According to The Hill, Trump is working on turning his critics around, with a source telling the outlet, "He knows the list." There will apparently be numerous meetings as we move forward, with Trump 'personally advocating' for the bill.
Leavitt has relayed the White House's response, concluding: "Those senators, it’s not news that they disagree with this president on policy, and the president has vocally called them out for it and for not having their facts together."
She says the Congressional Budget Office is 'historically wrong' when it comes to its cost projections of the GOP plan. Whether that big, beautiful bill will make it through or be downsized to more of a little, beautiful bill, it sounds like there's no love lost between Musk and Trump.