WASHINGTON (BN24) — Tech mogul Elon Musk intensified his public break with President Donald Trump and Republican leadership on Monday, slamming the party’s sweeping spending legislation as proof that the United States is ruled by a “Porky Pig Party” and threatening to launch a new political movement in response.
Musk, the former head of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), unleashed a barrage of criticism on his social platform X, claiming that the GOP-endorsed bill demonstrates the existence of a “uniparty” more interested in bloated budgets than fiscal discipline. His remarks marked a dramatic escalation in a feud with Trump that has unfolded across social media and drawn increasing attention from both political camps.
“It 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 — the PORKY PIG PARTY!!” Musk wrote on X as the Senate debated the House-approved spending package. “Time for a new political party that actually cares about the people.”
By Monday evening, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO doubled down, declaring that “if this insane spending bill passes, the America Party will be formed the next day.” Musk claimed the current political order is an illusion of choice. “They just pretend to be two parties… it’s just one uniparty in reality,” he wrote, attaching a graph showing the steadily rising national debt.
The billionaire’s criticism predates his official departure from the Trump administration, where he had been tasked with reducing government waste. Since leaving DOGE earlier this month, Musk has called the GOP’s bill a “disgusting abomination” and accused it of undoing much of the savings his office had achieved. He warned that the legislation would not only add trillions to the national debt but would also jeopardize renewable energy initiatives and job creation.
Despite the mounting tension, President Trump responded with a conciliatory tone in an interview with Fox Business on Sunday, calling Musk “a wonderful guy” but acknowledging their recent differences. “He got a little bit upset, and that wasn’t appropriate,” Trump said, while reiterating that he supports consumer choice over mandates for electric vehicles, a policy seen as a direct challenge to Musk’s core business interests.
Trump added that Musk “campaigned with me” in the past and predicted he would “do well always,” even as their policy views continue to diverge. However, the president also questioned Musk’s motivations, suggesting the fallout may stem from Musk not getting everything he wanted under the administration’s current energy policies.
White House officials declined to comment directly but pointed to remarks made by Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R–S.D., who said Musk was mischaracterizing the bill’s impact. Thune explained that the legislation deals primarily with mandatory, not discretionary, spending — the area where Musk’s DOGE office had focused its reform efforts.
Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, backed that assessment in an interview with conservative commentator Glenn Beck, noting that any changes to discretionary spending — such as those DOGE targeted — would still need to pass through the standard congressional appropriations process.
Musk’s attacks have struck a nerve within the Republican Party, especially given his past support. He spent nearly $300 million backing Trump’s re-election campaign and played a central role in crafting the administration’s cost-cutting agenda. Now, his open rebellion threatens to sow division ahead of the 2026 midterm elections and complicate efforts to project party unity behind the president’s economic agenda.
Adding to the drama, Musk recently posted — and later deleted — a controversial comment attempting to link Trump to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, a move that fueled further backlash and underscored how bitter the once-close alliance has become.
Still, Musk insists his frustration is rooted in principle, not personality. “Our country needs an alternative to the Democrat-Republican uniparty so that the people actually have a VOICE,” he wrote Monday night, capping off a day of attacks that suggest his political ambitions are far from over — and his clash with Trump far from resolved.
Source: Foxnews.com
