Summary
House Speaker Mike Johnson angered both his Republican caucus and Donald Trump by negotiating a bipartisan budget deal with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown.
Trump, feeling “blindsided” and “furious,” reportedly encouraged Elon Musk to attack House leadership on X, leading to over 100 posts that derailed the deal temporarily.
While the budget ultimately passed with Democratic support, far-right Republicans were left fuming.
The incident highlights tensions within GOP leadership and Trump’s use of Musk to wield influence over congressional negotiations.
The part where trump ordered musk is entirely new; and sounds fabricated. The first version of this story sounded like Musk was flexing his muscle and showing his ability to control the house.
And, please, let’s remember that Trump isn’t the president. He’s rattling his sabre now, before even wearing the crown. America is so fucked.
His hand looks so small in that picture.
a “king” and his clown.
Cartoon logic tells me he was inspecting the rocket engines when they went off.
aww they’re writing stories now to try to refute the “President Musk” narrative. Too bad the facts on the ground don’t match the “Trump told Musk to attack” malarkey. It’s absolutely clear that Musk is in charge and Trump just followed along with “yeah what he said!”
It’s Shakespearian. The protagonist now has everything they said they wanted, and will proceed to ruin everything for everyone.