Representative Pramila Jayapal said that Democrats "forced" Trump and Musk "to back down from the 11th hour demand to pass a suspension of the debt ceiling."
Speaker Mike Johnson may now be forced to cut the nearly $100 billion in aid from the bill after Trump and Musk blocked the measure.
Musk's increased political and economic influence has prompted comparisons to George Soros, but supporters say Musk is a different case.
President-elect Donald Trump, after rejecting House Speaker Mike Johnson's plan to avoid a government shutdown, worked the phones on Thursday, showing wavering confidence in Johnson and claiming he is aligned with billionaire Elon Musk, who first posted multiple calls to kill the GOP-brokered spending deal.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s threats meant nothing to the 38 Republicans who voted against their spending bill. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains why this is “very good news” for America.
"Everybody wants to be my friend!" Trump exclaimed on Truth Social the morning after the dinner The post Elon Musk Crashing Trump’s Jeff Bezos Dinner at Mar-a-Lago Mocked as ‘Deranged’ appeared first on TheWrap.
Donald Trump has said he backs a government shutdown after he and Elon Musk sank a spending bill with just 48 hours to go before the deadline.
Everyone step aside, Jimmy Fallon has figured it out. The NBC late night host debuted the couple name for Donald Trump and Elon Musk: Elonald. The joke came as part of one of Fallon’s often used he-said,
Popular right-wing podcaster Steve Bannon said in a new interview that he disagrees with billionaire Elon Musk on "just about everything," while also giving him credit for his strong support of President-elect Donald Trump. Newsweek reached out to the press office of Tesla, of which Musk is the CEO, for comment via email on Saturday.
Stephen King has delivered a warning to his fans about Elon Musk and the influence that the billionaire has over the president-elect, Donald Trump.
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) on Thursday suggested Elon Musk is the one directing the Trump administration, not President-elect Trump, pointing to the tech entrepreneur’s leading position in opposing the government funding stopgap measure.