Social media commentators jumped on Elon Musk’s very public blowout with President Donald Trumpall-out to rub salt in both of their wounds.
Musk laid into Trump’s “big beautiful bill” on Tuesday as a “disgusting abomination” before ratcheting up his attacks into an all-out MAGA civil war on Thursday.
In a tweet, Musk ripped Trump for “such ingratitude” and claimed that the Republican president would have lost his second-term presidential bid without the help of the Tesla billionaire CEO’s war chest.
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The megabill aims to cut taxes by $3.7 trillion but will also increase the federal deficit by $2.4 trillion over the next decade, the Associated Press reported. Musk called the bill “outrageous” and pork-filled.”
“I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore,” Musk added on Tuesday. “Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.”
His comments sparked a number of commentators watching the flame-out from the sidelines to mockingly “welcome” him to the “resistance.”
“Elon Musk, welcome back to the resistvnce! (sic)” wrote one commentator on X.
Another quipped, “Elon Musk, welcome to The Resistance. Stay away from the wine moms, though.”
The Dispatch weekend host Jamie Weinstein added in an X post, “Now @elonmusk has a big decision to make. Will he host a Resistance podcast with @Scaramucci or will he host a new podcast with @MichaelCohen212.” He added, “These are truly the times that try men’s souls.”
In a Thursday Oval Office interview, Trump said he was “very disappointed” about Musk’s comments about the bill “because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill.”
However, Trump claimed in an Oval Office interview that Musk was peeved after a mandate for electric vehicles was removed from the bill, “which was a lot of money for electric vehicles and they’re having a hard time with electric vehicles and they want us to pay billions of dollars in subsidy,” said Trump, NBC News reported. He added, “Elon knew this from the beginning.”
Yet a White House insider added that bad blood between the former bosom buddies actually stemmed from Musk being “b-tthurt” when his bid to install billionaire Jared Isaacman in a top federal post was rejected.
Yet not all social media commentators were convinced that Musk had turned on Trump and his “beautiful” bloated bill simply for the well-being of fiscal responsibility.
Yet at least one commentator felt Musk could be playing the long game.
“I also need Democrats to stop celebrating when horrible people say something that ain’t horrible,” wrote an X user named @ResistanceSean. “Elon Musk didn’t turn on Trump. Watch.”
