Elon Musk Threatens Political Retaliation Over $5 Trillion Debt Bill

Elon Musk has issued a stark warning to Republican lawmakers supporting Trump's contentious $5 trillion debt bill. In a fiery post on X, Musk declared that every Congress member who campaigned on fiscal responsibility but voted for this historic debt increase "should hang their head in shame." He vowed to unseat them in primary elections, marking an unprecedented escalation in tech billionaire involvement in fiscal policy battles.

The Senate has begun marathon voting sessions using the "vote-a-rama" procedure to push through the 940-page legislation before Trump's July 4 deadline. While the bill cleared a key procedural hurdle with a 51-49 vote, Republican unity shows cracks as Senators Rand Paul and Thom Tillis publicly oppose the measure. Paul objects to the massive debt expansion, while Tillis condemns proposed Medicaid cuts as a betrayal of constituents.