Trump Responds to Elon Musk's Attack

President Donald Trump has responded to billionaire and former number-one ally Elon Musk, after he heavily criticized the White House's so-called "big, beautiful bill." Over the weekend, Musk told CBS News that he's "disappointed" by the price tag of the tax and spending bill, arguing that it "increases the budget deficit, not just decreases it, and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing." "I think a bill can be big or it can be beautiful," he added, "but I don't know if it can be both. My personal opinion." It was a once-rare but increasingly common moment of public disagreement between the two ultra-public figures, who had stood side by side during the contentious election last year when Trump ultimately retook the White House. Asked about Musk's reaction to the bill, which would indeed raise the debt ceiling by $4 trillion, Trump offered a word salad response. "We have to get a lot of votes, we can't be cutting — we need to get a lot of support," the president told rep ... Read full article.