Trump rips apart Musk in brutal attack, calls DOGE ‘a monster’ that may ‘go back and eat Elon’

Jul 01, 2025 08:43 PM IST

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s friendship has soured over the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’. He warned Musk could face consequences beyond government subsidies.

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s so-called friendship didn’t even last for few months. Amid their ongoing feud over ‘Big Beautiful Bill’, the US President warned that SpaceX CEO might lose “a lot more” than government subsidies and that the Department of Government Efficiency, which he once headed, might turn into a monster that would “go back and eat Elon.”

Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s feud continues(AFP)

Musk announced on Monday that he will use his enormous resources to run primary contests against Republicans in Congress who supported Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ after the Senate narrowly won a procedural vote to discuss the large domestic policy agenda over the weekend. Musk posted and re-posted remarks slamming the tax reduction and spending measure, especially its exorbitant cost, for a large portion of Monday and early Tuesday morning.

In a late-night retaliation, Trump hinted that his administration would look into the enormous federal contracts that Musk’s firms hold.

Before leaving for the Florida immigration detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” on Tuesday, Trump told reporters outside the White House that “We might have to put DOGE on Elon. You know what DOGE is? The monster that might have to go back and eat Elon. Wouldn’t that be terrible? He gets a lot of subsidies.”

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