The gap deepens between Elon Musk and Donald Trump
Since Elon Musk last summer chose to support Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, he has been the Nygamle President’s most important supporter, with political speeches and hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign support.
The tech mogul has been a constant guest in Mar-A-Lago and since January in the White House. When Trump took office, Musk was given the mission to cut down into the federal state apparatus he claims « wasting billions of dollars » on unnecessary things. The two have the East compliments over each other and the media has talked about a « bromance ».
Musk’s unofficial savings department Dogge has turned upside down on Washington and created fat headlines. But With the saving itself it has been like this.
Meanwhile, his business, has Especially electric car manufacturer Tesla, ended up in deep crisis. Platform x swaying technically and night to Wednesday burned his giant rocket starship up and exploded after a space trip.
Musk seems to have tired of politics and explains that he will now be « Super focused » on its business empire « Round ».
« I will sleep in conference rooms/server rooms/factory premises, » he wrote the other day at X.
At the same time, it has become increasingly clear that Musk and Trump do not really go politically.
First, tech billionaire Trump to change when it comes to visas to highly qualified immigrants, such as he and other entrepreneurs would like to recruit abroad. This led to an outbreak of anger from more pure trumpists like Steve Bannon.
Then Musk was deeply critical of the Customs War the president started against the outside world. Although he chose to direct the criticism primarily at Presidential Advisor Peter Navarro, whom he called « Idiot » and « Dummer than a bag of bricks ».
And now he saw What Trump sees as a flagship reform during his second presidential period: the large tax cut and savings package that he is in full swing to be packed through the congress.
When the package but a single vote margin was clubbed in the House of Representatives the other day, President said unabashedly that this « may be the most important bill that has ever been signed in our country’s history ».
It says some about what prestige Trump has invested in The Big Beautiful Bill – « The big beautiful package » as he calls it.
But in prior glimbers of an interview that is broadcast on the TV channel CBS on Sunday, Musk says, among other things, that he is « disappointed » about the proposal.
– It is a huge expenditure package that honestly increases the budget deficit, does not reduce it, and undermine the work that Dogge is doing, he says.
– A suggestion can be big or beautiful, but I do not know if it can be both.
The package will now be processed of the Senate, where several fiscal hawks among Republicans as well as Musk protest that it does not go together financially.
They are supported by most assessors who agree that the package will greatly increase the US cultural cultural with $ 3,800 billion over a ten -year period According to an analysis from the independent congress body CBO.
Earlier it has been speculated that Trump is disappointed with Musk after his failed efforts in one Local choice in Wisconsinwhen the Republican candidate he supported lost greatly.
As you know, the president loves winners but has no patience with losers.
And that Musk, weighted by problems in its business empire, at the same time goes against Trump in one of his most important issues raises the question of the « bromanc » between the two is over.
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