{"id":1023,"date":"2025-07-01T11:53:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T11:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:23:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T19:23:22","slug":"trump-suggests-doge-take-good-hard-look-at-musk-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/01\/trump-suggests-doge-take-good-hard-look-at-musk-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump suggests DOGE take 'good, hard, look' at Musk companies"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Trump suggested the Department of Government Efficiency<\/a> (DOGE) \u2014 the commission once spearheaded by Elon Musk \u2014 could take a \u201cgood, hard, look\u201d at the tech billionaire\u2019s companies<\/a> and the extent to which they\u2019ve benefited from environmental tax credits.<\/p>\n

Trump issued the warning early Tuesday, after his ally-turned-foe<\/a> took to social media to attack the massive tax and spending bill<\/a>, which phases out many of the tax credits for renewable energy and is making its way<\/a> toward a vote in the Senate.<\/p>\n

\u201cElon Musk knew, long before he so strongly Endorsed me for President, that I was strongly against the EV Mandate,” Trump wrote on Truth Social in a post<\/a> shortly after midnight Tuesday. “It is ridiculous, and was always a major part of my campaign. Electric cars are fine, but not everyone should be forced to own one.”<\/p>\n

\u201cElon may get more subsidy than any human being in history, by far, and without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa,” he continued. “No more Rocket launches, Satellites, or Electric Car Production, and our Country would save a FORTUNE.”<\/p>\n

The president added, \u201cPerhaps we should have DOGE take a good, hard, look at this? BIG MONEY TO BE SAVED!!!\u201d<\/p>\n

Musk responded to Trump in a post<\/a> on his social platform X: \u201cI am literally saying CUT IT ALL. Now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Tesla CEO’s close relationship with Trump\u00a0devolved into a public clash<\/a>\u00a0last month over the fate of Trump\u2019s \u201cbig, beautiful bill,\u201d which he has blasted as\u00a0\u201cutterly insane\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cpolitical suicide\u201d<\/a>\u00a0for the GOP.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Musk, this week, has renewed his sharp criticism<\/a> of the megabill and the party behind it, as the “big, beautiful bill” full of Trump’s legislative priorities faces hiccups in the upper chamber of Congress. He has also threatened to primary<\/a> any Republican who supports the bill and, Monday, re-upped his calls<\/a> for a new political party.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is obvious with the insane spending of this bill, which increases the debt ceiling by a record FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS that we live in a one-party country \u2014 the PORKY PIG PARTY!! Time for a new political party that actually cares about the people,\u201d Musk wrote on X<\/a>, which he owns. <\/p>\n

The Senate\u2019s version of the bill would increase the deficit<\/a> by nearly $3.3 trillion between 2025 and 2034, roughly $1 trillion more than the House-passed version, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Trump suggested the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) \u2014 the commission once spearheaded by Elon Musk \u2014 could take a \u201cgood, hard, look\u201d at the tech billionaire\u2019s companies and<\/p>\n

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