House Republicans are hoping the public breakup between President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk does not last very long for the sake of the “big, beautiful” reconciliation bill. Thursday’s news cycle was dominated by the clash between the President and the world’s richest man and their petty attacks on each other — which included mentions of Jeffrey Epstein,

Electric vehicles are expected to take a hit under the existing reconciliation budget proposal, but that isn’t the only provision that would seemingly hurt Elon Musk and his business if passed as written.

Despite efforts by House Speaker Mike Johnson to alleviate Musk’s concerns over the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Musk continued a series of X posts warning that the tax legislation would bankrupt the country. “Call your Senator, Call your Congressman, Bankrupting America is NOT ok! KILL the BILL,” Musk wrote.

The president's former adviser suggests “we fire all politicians” supporting Trump's so-called Big Beautiful Bill.

Johnson however said Musk was "flat wrong" about his criticisms on the spending bill and its effect on the deficit. The speaker said that Trump was also upset with Musk's scathing appraisal of the bill, "He's not delighted that Elon did a 180 on that," Johnson said of Trump.