By Grand Rapids Anonymous
friday, june 6, 2025 at 11:30:00 a.m. edt
"(zh) after thursday's grand meltdown between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump over the Big Beautiful Bill, it looked like things were set to simmer down - with Musk posting several things on x that suggested he was open to a path forward, while the Trump white house had scheduled a call with Musk, politico reported.
"on friday morning, however, it was clear that Trump isn't ready to mend fences - he doesn't want to talk to Musk, and is looking to sell his Tesla - while Musk spent the morning (so far) making clear that congress needs to fix government spending or America is going to be in a world of hurt.
"'I’m not even thinking about Elon. he’s got a problem. the poor guy’s got a problem,' Trump told cnn in a brief phone call. when asked if he had a call with Musk, Trump replied 'no. I won’t be speaking to him for a while, I guess, but I wish him well.
"to recap:
"earlier in the week, Musk came out against the 'Big Beautiful Bill' - which raises the debt ceiling by $5 trillion, and either raises the deficit by $2.4 trillion, or lowers it by $1.4 trillion - depending on who you believe, and fails to address any of the waste, fraud and abuse found by doge.
"thursday morning, Trump was asked about Musk's opposition to the bill, telling reporters on thursday that he's 'very disappointed in Elon,' and that Musk only opposes the bill because they eliminated electric vehicle tax credits from it.
"Trump then suggested he might pull government funding from Musk's companies such as spacex, which owns the only operational U.S. spacecraft capable of transporting astronauts to and from the international space station.
"'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!' -President Donald Trump via truth social
"Musk went ballistic - announcing he would 'immediately' decommission the dragon program (which he later walked back thursday night), proposed a new political party (that's still his pinned post on x), endorsed another Trump impeachment, and said Trump is 'in the Epstein files,' which is why they haven't been released.
"peacemakers emerged - such as former state separtment official Mike Benz, who defended Musk and called for the two to patch things up."
GRA: I side with Musk on the budget. Tax cuts are always welcome, if you can offset them with government spending cuts.
Too much interference from the courts, though, for that to happen. No one filed lawsuits when all the bennies (section 8, welfare, etc.) were started decades ago. I wonder what scotus would have said if required to decide on their legality then. I suppose nothing, because congress passed these laws.
--GRA
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jerry pdx
The bromance is over. Who didn't see that one coming?
A true super heavyweight bout
--GRA
There's only one issue: $40,000,000,000,000. Bigger than immigration, DEI, autopen, and bromance breakup. Someone's ideas about fixing the $40 Trillion problem were left out of the onebigbeautifulsh*tsandwichbill so they put together a $0.0094 trillion "recission" bill and I'd be ticked off, too.
We are "the brokest country in the history of brokeness" (Steyn). Next up, the gimmicks, like pressuring the Fed to bring back artificial 0-as-in-0bama% interest rates and some kind of crypto newdollar scam. The Newsom '28 campaign says thank-you-very-much for the gift-wrapped issue.
But Marjorie's Gulf of America bill passed the House and Qatar is investing to bring jobs here and there's going to be a birthday parade with tanks and jeeps on Flag Day. Feeling Great Again? I'm not.
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