MAGA CIVIL WAR: Elon Musk turned on Trump by tying him to Epstein and pushed for a 3rd party
The world's richest man decided to challenge Trump's White House and Congress, all the while throwing the MAGA movement & the two-party system into turmoil.
After some initial tension, President Donald Trump and Elon Musk seemed like a dream team. Musk endorsed Trump in July 2024 and donated over $250 million to his campaign. However, cracks in their alliance soon began to emerge.
It started when DOGE rolled back its promised savings. $2 trillion turned into $1 trillion and eventually became a paltry $150 billion. Democrats’ vitriol evolved into derision, putting pressure on Republicans to keep their word to their constituents.
As Elon’s time at DOGE came to a close, he started voicing his disappointment with Trump’s tariffs and the “big, beautiful bill” making its way through Congress. Further, Elon expressed his frustration with how DOGE was being treated. “DOGE is just becoming the whipping boy for everything,” Musk said.
“So, like, something bad would happen anywhere, and we would get blamed for it even if we had nothing to do with it,” the ex-DOGE head continued.
Elon's opposition to Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'
President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” making its way through Congress is a flop with the ex-DOGEfather, Elon Musk. He told “CBS Sunday Morning" correspondent David Pogue that he’s disappointed with it.
Fiscal hawks have been sounding the alarm.
The CBO expects the massive bill to add over $2 trillion over 10 years. The White House lashed out at the CBO, calling its credibility into question. “The CBO assumes long-term GDP growth of an anemic 1.8%, and that is absurd,” said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. The Tax Foundation believes that nearly $3 trillion will be added.
However, the CRFB suggests over $2 trillion over the same period, adding $3.0 trillion to the debt, including interest. If the temporary provisions are extended without offsets, the committee estimates that the bill would add $5.0 trillion to the debt, with interest. Senator Rand Paul also expects $5 trillion added.
Tensions rose when Musk doubled down on his criticisms of Congress & Trump’s omnibus bill. He tore into it, calling the bill an “abomination.” Musk also insisted that without him,
Still, the president praised Elon Musk at his official White House send-off on May 30th.
Trump even gave him a golden key for his service.
A few days later, Musk cracked, spilling his guts on 𝕏.
A couple of days later, Musk turned to trolling. He began quoting Trump’s old statements to draw attention to Trump’s 180-degree turn.
Less than a week after the in-person conference, their relationship soured. Musk claimed Trump would have lost without him.
Trump admitted his surprise and expressed his disappointment with Elon. He said he didn’t know if they’d remain on good terms.
“Elon and I had a great relationship. I don’t know if we will anymore,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. He claimed that Musk knew about the omnibus bill’s contents, didn’t push back against it, and was upset at losing an EV mandate.
Elon denied Trump’s statement. He asserted that the bill couldn’t be read in time.
That seemed to have ticked Elon off. Musk polled his audience on their interest in creating a new political party. Over 4 million people have participated, with ~80% voting “yes.”
Things soon went thermonuclear about an hour later. Musk accused Trump of being in the Epstein Files.
On Truth Social, Trump threatened to eliminate government subsidies and contracts for Musk's businesses. That’s $3 billion in government contracts, mainly for SpaceX.
Elon clapped back, just minutes later. He declared that SpaceX would begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately.
Right around the same time, Trump continued to call out Elon. He also praised the omnibus bill.
Trump did not respond to press questions about the Elon situation while he hosted a roundtable with the Fraternal Order of Police.
Prominent journalist Tim Pool once predicted that Trump and Elon would stay best buds. He owned up to the mistake during the opening minutes of his latest Timcast IRL episode, titled “MAGA CIVIL WAR.” The phrase echoed across the internet.
Ex-White House advisor & Elon adversary Steve Bannon implored Trump to nationalize SpaceX before midnight and deport Elon.
Musk replied, calling Bannon “peak retard” and a “communist retard.”
The chaotic situation cost both billionaires big time. Tesla’s stock dropped by over 14%, resulting in a loss of more than $150 billion. Trump Media fell 8%, and Trump Coin was down 12%.
Though Elon continues to doomsay over the big bill, he appears to have softened toward reconciling with Trump. Musk acknowledged Bill Ackman’s point that making peace would benefit America. It remains to be seen if the burned bridge between the men can be repaired.
Updated on 6/7/25
Yesterday, Musk deleted his tweets critical of President Trump. He deleted the Epstein Files accusation against Trump and the post supporting the impeachment of Trump and the rise of President Vance. Today, he replied to an Autism Capital post that transcribed a clip of VP Vance’s read on the situation, recorded on Theo Von’s podcast.
Stay tuned for any updates to this ongoing story.
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