U.S House Speaker Mike Johnson has claimed the tech mogul ‘ghosted’ him as he tried to explain the benefit of the ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ Musk opposed.
US-based billionaire Elon Musk has changed his mobile phone number and is no longer responding to messages from the speaker of the US House of Representatives, Mike Johnson. The lawmaker himself stated that this presumably happened as he was trying to convince the Tesla and SpaceX CEO of the benefits that President Donald Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ would bring.
Musk, who became increasingly close to Trump during the latter’s presidential campaign and in the first months of his administration, has vehemently attacked the massive tax-and-spending bill. This has led to a public rift between the former head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the president.
Appearing on the latest episode of the New York Post-affiliated ‘Pod Force One’ podcast released on Wednesday, Johnson said that he had sent Musk a “long text message, and then his phone number changed.”
“[Later I] realized I was sending it out into the ether somewhere and he never read it, so I look forward to meeting with him in person,” the speaker added, saying that he is trying to get Musk and Trump to reconcile. Johnson explained that he wanted the billionaire to “fully understand what we’re doing and remind him of the strategy,” regarding the spending bill.
In a series of posts on X earlier this month, Musk warned that Trump’s flagship legislation, which envisions massive increases in spending, cuts to social programs, and a sharp hike of the budget deficit limit, “will bankrupt the country.”
Trump responded by suggesting that he might consider deporting Musk to his native South Africa, and that the axing of government subsidies for electric vehicles could force the billionaire to “close up shop.”
Amid the falling-out over the mega bill, Musk earlier this month announced plans to establish a new ‘America Party’.
In a post on Truth Social shortly thereafter, the US president claimed that his former associate had turned into a “TRAIN WRECK,” predicting that Musk’s new party would prove to be a failure, while risking ushering in “Complete and Total DISRUPTION & CHAOS.”
The General Services Administration (GSA) was the first target for Elon Musk when DOGE was getting started, where one of his lieutenants is still in charge of the AI/Tech center. Clever, Elon. Now the GSA is the hub for all future sales to all government agencies, including the Department of Defense. But wait, there’s more… Grok for Government will be available to every government entity in America, including states and cities. Buckle up, America!
https://www.technocracy.news/announcing-elon-musks-grok-for-government/
Ha ha ha….who can blame him. He’s not wasting his time, with this lot. Hopefully his new party comes into being, giving Americans a third real choice.
Who says that there will be a ‘real’ choice of vote under AI?
Note that ‘of’ and not ‘to’.
Note that the numerator will be ‘AI’.
Musk is working with the US and Israeli governments building planet wide surveilance. So is his paypal mate Thiel.
Soon any resistance to this will be treated the same as Palestinians, Yemeni’s and Iranians
Him and Trump falling out is theatre
… any resistance to this will be treated…
Treated? Individual US states have already been taken away their lawful ability to curb/control AI by Trump and Co.
Not sure how equipped the Maga crowd is with critical thinking. I guess they get the feeling that something is seriously going wrong with the Land Of The Free, but still believe the MAGA myth. It should be spelled MAGGOT, …Make American Governance Gigantic On Top.