Overview

• Musk blasted a recent federal spending bill on X as “big and ugly,” lamenting cuts to EV and solar incentives while pointing to retained oil and gas subsidies.
• Trump asserted Musk’s anger stems from rolled-back EV mandates and a blocked NASA nominee, and he threatened to terminate SpaceX and Tesla government contracts to reduce the budget.
• Musk countered that Trump’s 2024 victory depended on his support, challenged the president to act and alleged Trump appears in the Epstein files.
• Vivian Wilson, Musk’s estranged transgender daughter, posted a video of herself laughing on Instagram Stories with the caption “I love being proven right” as she celebrated her father’s fallout with the president.
• The escalating dispute has cast doubt on Musk’s government ties and exposed deep personal and political divides at the heart of the controversy.