“If this Bill doesn’t pass, there will be a 68% Tax Increase, and things far worse than that.”
So declared Trump with regards to the “big, beautiful bill” that has found itself in a embedded in a firestorm of controversy ever since it passed the House.
While threatening 68% tax increases is troubling enough, a real problem includes the major league split up between Trump and Musk – especially as the Democrats may well eagerly capitalize upon such a split.
As reported by The Hill, Fox News host Greg Gutfeld, Musk and Trump must “knock it off” … at least for the sake of the nation’s future.
“I think what you’re seeing is a battle between the purist and the pragmatist. I don’t like it. I want it to stop. I want to tell them, if they’re both watching, ‘Knock it off.’ We’re done with this. This is an incredible moment for our country. It’s awake, it’s optimistic, it’s on board with the golden age,” Gutfeld asserted.
And, if the ongoing feud between Musk and Trump continues to intensify, the Democrats may well take full advantage of such an opportunity.
Which Gutfeld also warns against.
“Don’t sabotage it with the self-inflicted feud. You know, don’t let, don’t let the Dems get back up from the floor where they belong,” Gutfeld ominously intoned.
Excellent point. After all, the Dems are clearly chomping at the bit to undermine Trump once again … not to mention the future of the nation.
On Trump’s part, it seems as though the White House may have taken the urges from Gutfeld more seriously.
Indeed, as The Hill reports in a separate article, the White House has admitted that Musk does have “a right to speak for his companies.”
“Tonight, the president’s focus and the focus of the entire White House remains on passing the one big, beautiful bill. And as your audience just saw, on Friday, just days ago, the president graciously hosted Elon Musk in the Oval Office and Elon thanked the president for his incredible leadership to cut waste, fraud and abuse in our government, which this one big, beautiful bill does,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt thoughtfully remarked.
In other words, Leavitt claims that the DOGE recommendations are embedded in the “big, beautiful bill” in one form or another, though the precise nature of these recommendations remains unclear to the public.
Leavitt further emphasized that while Musk is correct to defend his companies, though Trump is also correct in leading the nation as he sees fit.
“So the only difference between Friday and today is Elon went back to his companies. And, as a businessman, he has a right to speak for his companies. But as president, President Trump has a responsibility to fight for this country,” Leavitt added.
Well, that’s a clear semblance of victory for Musk … as the White House does admit that he has the right to be concerned over his companies.
At the same time, it is also clear that Trump has drawn clear boundaries between his power and Musk’s power.
Especially in the wake of multiple Republicans effectively siding with Musk in the wake of the “big, beautiful bill” controversy.
Author: Jane Jones
