Musk began posting on X against a stopgap government spending bill on Wednesday well before Trump weighed in against the legislation.

Elon Musk tried to downplay his role in the collapse of a government spending bill, and after Democrats started referring to him as "President Musk."

Musk’s interactions with world leaders alongside Trump are raising questions about the tech leader’s potential influence on U.S. foreign policy over the next four years and the potential for conflicts of interest,

Elon Musk says comments of “President Musk” is part of a media conspiracy to “drive a wedge between” him and Donald Trump, but he hasn’t outright rejected his new moniker. Comments about Musk’s political influence rolled in after he went on a posting spree Wednesday to threaten GOP lawmakers with retribution if they didn’t reject a stopgap budget he felt had too wide of a scope.