“Call your Senator. … Call your Congressman. … Bankrupting America is NOT ok! KILL the BILL,” Musk posted on Wednesday. The next day, he took to X to lob more incendiary accusations at President Donald Trump after the president repeatedly attacked Musk and his businesses on Truth Social.

Trump took a jab at Musk and claimed on his social media platform, Truth Social, that he was the one who asked him to leave DOGE. "Elon was “wearing thin,” I asked him to leave, I took away his EV Mandate that forced everyone to buy Electric Cars that nobody else wanted (that he knew for months I was going to do!

Stewart kicked off Monday’s episode of “The Daily Show” by declaring that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has “rooted out one of America’s least efficient government workers.” The comedian jabbed Musk over his appearance at Trump’s news conference on Friday, making fun of a black eye that Musk claimed his son gave to him.