Elon Musk's Wild Warning in Megabill Rage-Posting Spree
As senators went on a marathon voting session to meet a July 4 deadline to pass the measure, Musk spent the day on an X posting spree threatening any lawmaker who votes in favor of Trump's so-called 'big, beautiful bill.'
The world's richest man warned lawmakers that he would put up a fight in next year's primary elections if they support the administration's signature legislation.
'Anyone who campaigned on the PROMISE of REDUCING SPENDING, but continues to vote on the BIGGEST DEBT ceiling increase in HISTORY will see their face on this poster in the primary next year,' he said, along with a graphic of the character Pinocchio with the word 'LIAR' plastered on top.
'Every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing government spending and then immediately voted for the biggest debt increase in history should hang their head in shame!' he said earlier in the day. 'And they will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth.'
Musk also said it was time for a new political party to enter the arena.
'It is obvious with the insane spending of this bill, which increases the debt ceiling by a record FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS that we live in a one-party country – the PORKY PIG PARTY!!' he said. 'Time for a new political party that actually cares about the people.'
The former DOGE cost cutter-in-chief has long been a vocal critic of the megabill, which would raise the debt ceiling by $5 trillion—the largest increase in U.S. history—and hike the deficit by $3 trillion, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
'How can you call yourself the Freedom Caucus if you vote for a DEBT SLAVERY bill with the biggest debt ceiling increase in history?' Musk said in another post, tagging Reps. Chip Roy and Andy Harris.
'If this insane spending bill passes, the America Party will be formed the next day,' he warned. 'Our country needs an alternative to the Democrat-Republican uniparty so that the people actually have a VOICE.'
Musk also vowed to support Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, who was excommunicated from MAGAworld by Trump for staunchly opposing the bill and the administration's strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
In a separate post, Musk boosted a speech against the bill delivered by Sen. Rand Paul, another Kentucky lawmaker who defected from the GOP to vote against the measure.
The billionaire tech mogul was the largest donor in the 2024 polls, funneling nearly $300 million into the Trump campaign. Federal Election Commission filings show that Musk's America PAC also backed Republican candidates Randy Fine and Jimmy Patronis, who won in Florida's special elections in March.
In April, however, Musk's millions and personal appearance at a Wisconsin rally were not enough to secure a seat for Republican bet Brad Schimel on the state's Supreme Court. He slowly grew more distant from Trump until departing from DOGE in May.
The former first buddies have since been at odds, mostly over Musk's opposition to Trump's bill. Tensions between them reached a fever pitch earlier this month when Musk had a public meltdown, accusing the president of ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Asked about his relationship with Musk, Trump told Fox News on Sunday that he has 'not spoken to him much.'
Trump also told NBC News that Musk should tread with caution on funding Democratic candidates.
'If he does, he'll have to pay the consequences for that,' he said. 'He'll have to pay very serious consequences if he does that.'
Philip Low, a former Silicon Valley friend of Musk, told Fox News that his old pal has likely been 'humiliated' by his bitter and highly publicized fallout with the president.
'Knowing Elon the way I know him, I do think he's going to do everything to damage the president,' Low said. 'Elon has wooed enough of Trump's supporters to be an actual threat politically.'
But Musk was quick to dismiss the claim as 'fake news.'
'Philip Low is not a friend of mine in any way, shape or form,' he wrote.
Across the aisle, Musk's trashing of Trump's cornerstone legislation has earned him some unlikely friends.
'Hard to believe I'm siding with the guy who spent $300 million to get Trump elected, but he's not wrong,' Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren said. 'Republicans' plan to run up the national debt to hand out giant tax breaks to billionaires will be an economic disaster.'
But the Massachusetts lawmaker also took a swipe at Musk in an interview with CNN's The Source with Kaitlan Collins on Monday night.
'The idea of borrowing $3.5 trillion on the nation's credit card in order to be able to give tax breaks to the likes of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg is financially nuts,' she said. 'No one is clamoring for that except a handful of billionaires who made big contributions to Donald Trump's inauguration and got to settle themselves in the front row.'
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