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The Western Journal on MSNTrump Ratchets Up Feud, Reveals Musk Didn’t Leave His Administration VoluntarilyThe squabble between President Donald Trump and his former Department of Government Efficiency chief, Elon Musk, escalated quickly on Thursday. Musk has spent the week coming out forcefully against the Trump-backed "Big Beautiful Bill,
Donald Trump clapped back at Elon Musk as the world's richest man continues to slam the president's legislative agenda. Musk responded with force.
Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act would add $2.4 trillion to the national debt over 10 years, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
Elon Musk arrived in the nation’s capital with the chain saw-wielding swagger of a tech titan who had never met a problem he couldn’t solve with lots of money, long hours or a well-calibrated algorithm.
Katie Miller is going to work for billionaire Elon Musk full-time after he left his DOGE role in administration
“DOGE’s over-promising and underperforming results damaged not only Musk’s reputation but also the standing of the Trump administration as a whole, and beyond that, probably the reputations and chances for success of future governmental reform cost-cutting measures,” presidential historian David Pietrusza told the Washington Examiner.
Ethics Watchdog Nomination: Trump nominated Paul Ingrassia, a former far-right podcast host, to a new important role: head of the Office of Special Counsel, an independent corruption-fighting agency that safeguards federal whistle-blowers and enforces some ethics laws.
Billionaire Elon Musk on May 29 announced he is leaving as head of DOGE and exiting the Donald Trump-led administration. “…My scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end,” the Tesla and SpaceX chief wrote on X.