In a chilling escalation of political and corporate warfare, President Donald Trump has called on the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to investigate none other than Elon Musk—the billionaire tech mogul who once stood at his side and now openly defies him.
The accusation? That Musk has drained more money from the U.S. government than “any human being in history.”
The timing? Just as Washington drowns in the chaos of a $5 trillion debt ceiling hike buried in Trump’s sprawling 940-page “big, beautiful” budget bill.
Musk—no stranger to controversy and not one to stay quiet—has been on a warpath. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO left DOGE last month, slamming the budget as a betrayal of everything the agency was meant to represent. He accused Trump and Congress of greenlighting the largest debt expansion the country has ever seen, then took to X to warn that those responsible would be punished at the polls.
“They will lose their primary next year if it’s the last thing I do on this Earth,” Musk declared with fire.
And if that wasn’t enough, he renewed his rallying cry for a third party—the “America Party”—to rise from the ashes of what he calls the “Democrat-Republican uniparty.” A party, he claims, that no longer serves the people.
Trump, never one to let a challenge go unanswered, hit back hard on Truth Social. His post painted Musk as a parasite feeding on the veins of American taxpayers, living off subsidies while preaching about fiscal responsibility.
“Elon may get more subsidy than any human being in history… Without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa,” Trump wrote, not pulling a single punch.
The president hinted darkly that without those government dollars, Musk’s empire might collapse—no more electric cars, no more rockets, no more satellites. Just ashes. Then came the real kicker:
“Perhaps we should have DOGE take a good, hard look at this? BIG MONEY TO BE SAVED!!!”
Translation? A full-blown federal probe into one of the most powerful private citizens in the world.
For all the bromance of the past—when Musk endorsed Trump and stood beside him on the White House lawn—those days are dead and buried. What’s left is a high-stakes clash between two titans, each armed with immense power, public loyalty, and a taste for vengeance.
The implications are dark. If DOGE moves forward with an investigation, the fallout could shatter not just Musk’s ventures but the very foundation of America’s tech-industrial complex. SpaceX contracts? Tesla’s EV empire? Neuralink’s ambitions? All under threat.
This isn’t just politics. It’s war in the corridors of power, where influence is currency and loyalty means nothing.
Welcome to the new battlefield.
Where egos clash, empires tremble, and no one is safe—not even the richest man on Earth.
