US President Donald Trump has suggested that Doge, the cost-cutting agency Elon Musk helped set up, could be used to hurt the billionaire's companies – as the former allies continue their public spat over Trump's budget plans.
"Elon may get more subsidy than any human being in history, by far, and without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa", he wrote in a 12:34 AM July 01 post on Truth Social. "No more Rocket launches, Satellites, or Electric Car Production, and our Country would save a FORTUNE. Perhaps we should have DOGE take a good, hard, look at this? BIG MONEY TO BE SAVED!!!"
The tech billionaire responded in a post on X about 30 minutes later: "I am literally saying CUT IT ALL. Now".
Musk has repeatedly criticised Trump's so-called "big, beautiful bill", suggesting that it undermines the work he undertook to cut government spending. The proposed legislation includes increased spending for border security, defence and energy production that would be partially offset by controversial cuts to healthcare and food-support programmes.
And, yesterday, Republicans in the US Senate narrowly passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” with Vice-President JD Vance casting a tie-breaking vote after more than 24 hours of debate. It now heads back to the House, or lower chamber, where it still faces more opposition. An earlier version was cleared by House Republicans by a single-vote margin.
Trump had given the Republican-controlled Congress a deadline of July 04 to send him a final version of the bill to sign into law.
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