Amid the confrontation over America’s much-discussed tax bill, President Donald Trump described Tesla CEO Elon Musk as a smart person. Trump said in an interview on Fox News on Sunday, ‘Musk is a great person, but he got a little angry, which was not right.’ Trump said, I have not talked to him much, but he is a smart person. I know he will always perform well. He campaigned for me during the election. He (Musk) was upset with the cancellation of tax cuts on electric vehicles. I don’t want everyone to have an electric car. This is a difficult thing for him. Tesla CEO Elon Musk took charge of the Department of Government Efficiency (DoGE) in the Trump government on January 20, 2025. However, he resigned from the post on May 28 due to displeasure with Trump’s Tracks and Spending Bill. Trump is in support of this bill, while Musk is against it. Trump also calls this bill ‘Big Beautiful Bill’. Musk called this bill ‘completely insane and destructive for the country’. According to Musk, this bill subsidizes the industries of the past, but suppresses future technologies like renewable energy, electric vehicles and data centers with taxes. Musk said- Big Beautiful Bill is a threat to American industries
Musk strongly criticized the Big Beautiful Bill through a post on X on his 54th birthday on June 28. He said that the bill proposes to end wind and solar subsidies by 2027 and additional taxes have been imposed on green tech projects related to China. At the same time, Musk had even accused Trump of being named in ‘Epstein Sex Files’ on June 5 itself. However, Musk apologized on June 11. Musk’s 3 arguments regarding Big Beautiful Big Beautiful Bill approved for discussion in the Senate
The Big Beautiful Bill has been approved by the US Senate for discussion late night on June 28. 51 votes were cast in favour of this 940-page tax and spending bill and 49 against it. Apart from the Democratic leaders who opposed it, there are two MPs from Trump’s Republican Party. These include Thom Tillis (North Carolina) and Rand Paul (Kentucky). Thom Tillis said that this bill will cause billions of dollars of loss to North Carolina, especially to hospitals in rural areas, which depend on Medicaid. Rand Paul said that this bill is a ‘classic Washington hypocrisy’. It tells the public that we are cutting expenses, but in reality we are adding billions of dollars of new debt. Trump called Musk crazy, Musk said- Trump is ungrateful. The debate between Trump and Musk on the Big Beautiful Bill started on June 5 when Trump expressed his displeasure over Musk while talking to the media. Trump had said that when we talked about cutting the law of mandatory purchase of electric vehicles, Musk started having problems. I am very disappointed with him. After this, Musk made several consecutive tweets on his social media platform X calling Trump ungrateful. Musk said that if I was not there, Trump would have lost the election. He even talked about impeaching Trump. Read the full news here… …………………………………. Read this news related to Musk as well… Musk smoked marijuana, drank whiskey in the interview: had a fight with Trump, was also accused of sexual harassment. Elon Musk, the owner of companies like Tesla and SpaceX, is known for his innovation as much as he is in the news for his statements and decisions. He has been in controversies ranging from fights with the US President to allegations of sexual harassment. Read the full news here…
