As Elon Musk again turns up his criticism on President Trump’s megabill, Trump was asked by a reporter on Tuesday morning, “Are you going to deport Elon Musk?”
“I don’t know. We’ll have to take a look,” Trump responded. “We might have to put DOGE on Elon. You know what DOGE is? The monster that might have to go back and eat Elon. Wouldn’t that be terrible? He gets a lot of subsidies.”
Musk, a South African native and a naturalized U.S. citizen, on Monday said he would back challengers to members of Congress who vote for Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
Trump says he’ll keep ‘fighting’ for megabill, responds to Musk criticism
President Trump took several questions on the status of his “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” early Tuesday after an all-nighter in the Senate still didn’t produce consensus among the Republican conference.
Departing the White House to visit a new “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention center in Florida, Trump said he would be back in Washington early on Tuesday afternoon to keep “fighting for the bill.”
“I think we’re doing well, we’re going to have to see. It’s very complicated stuff. Great enthusiasm as you know, and I think in the end we’re going to have it,” Trump said.
Trump also responded to Elon Musk’s comments on the bill, as the world’s richest man is threatening to primary Republicans who support it. Trump said Tesla CEO Musk is upset about the legislation removing tax credits for electric vehicles but warned that he “could lose a lot more than that.”
