Overview

• House Speaker Mike Johnson said a text he sent Musk went unanswered after Musk abruptly changed his phone number.
• Musk severed direct contact following his public denunciation of the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act as "pork-filled" and a threat to the national deficit.
• Johnson has continued attempting outreach through intermediaries in hopes of reconciling with Musk.
• The feud escalated when Musk unveiled plans for a centrist America Party, a move President Trump dismissed as "ridiculous."
• White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles characterized the once-productive Trump-Musk partnership as ending in a "troublesome" rupture.