Donald Trump Explained Why Elon Musk Is Mad At Him, And Elon Musk's Response Is TOO MUCH
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Well, well, well, here we are AGAIN.
The drama between these two is *truly* blossoming.
As you all know, Elon Musk is really, really, really mad about the *big beautiful bill*.
He's renamed it the "Debt Slavery Bill":
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He's ignoring the House Speaker:
Johnson: I called Elon last night. He didn’t answer pic.twitter.com/SCCPdPuig3
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He's sharing (misleading) memes:
He's digging up Trump's old tweets:
He's practically begging people to call their representatives to "KILL the BILL."
We finally got Trump on record about the drama: "You saw a man who was very happy when he stood behind the Oval desk. Even with a black eye. I said, 'Do you want a little makeup? We'll get you a little makeup.' He said, 'No, I don't think so,' which is interesting and very nice. He wants to be who he is, so you could make that statement, too. Look, Elon and I had a great relationship. I don't know if we will anymore."
Trump on Elon Musk: "You saw a man who was very happy when he stood behind the Oval desk. Even with a black eye. I said, do you want a little makeup? He said, 'No, I don't think so,' which is interesting ... Elon and I had a great relationship. I don't know if we will anymore." pic.twitter.com/I1IEo1ocuS
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He also explained why he thought Elon was mad at him: "I'm very disappointed because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here. Better than you people. He had no problem with it. All of the sudden he had a problem, and he only developed the problem when he found out we're gonna have to cut the EV mandate because that's billions and billions of dollars."
Trump: "I'm very disappointed because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody. He had no problem with it. All of the sudden he had a problem, and he only developed the problem when he found out we're gonna have to the cut EV mandate ... he hasn't said… pic.twitter.com/mJvEAGXaly
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