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

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Trump takes swipes at Musk amid feud over 'Big, Beautiful Bill'

President Donald Trump claimed that Elon Musk "had no problem" with the bill — the billionaire says he never saw it before it was passed.

Elon Musk and President Donald Trump's feud about the "Big, Beautiful Bill" continued on Thursday when the tech billionaire responded to the president's criticism in a post on X.

"Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate. Such ingratitude," Musk wrote in a post responding to Trump's remarks about him.

While speaking with reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said that he was "very disappointed" by Musk’s vocal criticisms of the bill. The president claimed that Musk knew what was in the bill and "had no problem" with it until the EV incentives had to be cut.

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President Donald Trump said he was "disappointed" with Elon Musk after the billionaire criticized the "Big, Beautiful Bill." (Reuters)

"I'm very disappointed because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here, better than you people. He knew everything about it. He had no problem with it," Trump said. "All of a sudden, he had a problem. And he only developed the problem when he found out that we're going to have to cut the EV mandate."

Musk pushed back on the president’s claim in another post on X and said that "this bill was never shown to me even once and was passed in the dead of night so fast that almost no one in Congress could even read it!"

The Tesla founder has been a vocal critic of the Trump administration and Republicans over the last few days because of the legislation that the president has pushed. Musk has taken to calling it the "Big Ugly Bill" and at one point advocated for a "Slim, Beautiful Bill."

Earlier on Thursday, Musk highlighted Trump’s old posts that seemingly align with the tech billionaire’s current positions and objections to the "Big, Beautiful Bill." 

Trump turned to social media on Thursday afternoon to criticize Musk, who he appointed to find ways to cut $2 trillion after forming the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

"Elon was ‘wearing thin,’ I asked him to leave, I took away his EV Mandate that forced everyone to buy Electric Cars that nobody else wanted (that he knew for months I was going to do!), and he just went CRAZY!" Trump said in one post.

"The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn’t do it!" he wrote in another.

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Elon Musk listens as President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 11, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

After learning of Trump's suggestion to terminate Musk's government contracts, the SpaceX CEO chimed in once more.

"In light of the President’s statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately," Musk wrote.

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He also claimed Trump's tariffs "will cause a recession in the second half of this year."

Shortly after Musk said he was decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft, NASA Press Secretary Bethany Stevens said on X that the space agency "will continue to execute upon the President's vision for the future of space."

"We will continue to work with our industry partners to ensure the President's objectives in space are met," she said.

In response to a post on whether Trump should be impeached and replaced by JD Vance, Musk wrote, "Yes."

Musk has also faced criticism from House Speaker Mike Johnson, who said on Wednesday that he was "surprised" by the former DOGE leader’s objections to the legislation. The Republican lawmaker said that he and Musk, whom he considers a "friend," had a "great conversation" about the bill on Monday. Johnson told reporters on Wednesday that Musk was "flat wrong" about the legislation.

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Meanwhile, there are several Republicans who have expressed solidarity with Musk, including Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah. Additionally, Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said that Musk was right to be concerned that Americans are "quickly becoming debt slaves."

Now that the bill has passed the house, it's up to the Senate to meet Trump's July 4 deadline.