Source: Global Times
[Global Times Report] On local time June 5th, the conflict between US President Trump and American entrepreneur and former head of the Department of Government Efficiency Musk became public and quickly escalated into a war of words. According to reports by US Newsweek, Axios News website, etc., Musk initiated a vote on the social platform X on the 5th local time, asking his followers whether they support the establishment of a new political party to challenge the Republicans and Democrats.
On local time June 3rd, Trump (left) and Musk in the White House. Photo source: US media
"Is it now the time to create a truly representative new political party for the middle 80% population in the United States?" Musk said in the post. As of the time of writing, more than 3 million people have responded, with 81% in favor of this view.
Axios News website reported that Musk then sent a clear signal to the Republicans who were deciding whether to support him or Trump.
Laura Loomer, a far-right supporter of Trump, posted on X on the 5th local time, stating, "The situation is heating up. It will be very interesting to see what Republican members of Congress will do next. I know some members are already asking themselves whether they should support President Trump or Elon Musk." Loomer also claimed that she spends her whole day on Capitol Hill, and everyone is talking about this issue.
Musk replied to this post by saying, "Trump has another three and a half years in his presidential term, but I will still be around for over forty years."
On May 22nd, the US House of Representatives, which had a majority of Republican members, narrowly passed a large-scale tax and spending bill proposed by the Trump administration. The Trump administration described the bill as "big and beautiful". On local time June 3rd, Musk, who had just left his position as head of the Department of Government Efficiency, posted on social media, criticizing the "big and beautiful" large-scale tax and spending bill pushed by the Trump administration as "repulsive". On the 4th, Musk intensified his attack on Trump's tax cut bill, calling on American citizens to contact their legislators to "kill" the bill. Musk stated on social media that "bankrupting America is not right."
On the 5th, US President Trump posted on his social media platform "Truth Social", stating that Elon Musk has begun to "lose patience". Trump said he asked Musk to leave and revoked the electric vehicle "mandate" that Musk forcefully promoted, resulting in "Musk going crazy". Earlier that day, when Trump talked about Musk, he said he didn't know if he could maintain a good relationship with him. Trump said he was "very disappointed" with Musk. Trump preferred Musk to criticize him rather than his tax reform bill. Trump stated that Musk was very unhappy with the Trump administration's revocation of the electric vehicle "mandate". It was reported that the Trump administration also withdrew its nomination of Isaacman, whom Musk recommended, for the position of NASA director. Trump said he could win Pennsylvania even without Musk. Trump stated that Musk hasn't said anything bad about him personally yet, but he believed that would change soon.
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