Musk and Trump quickly derailed a stopgap spending bill, showing their power before the president-elect even takes office.

Summary

Elon Musk played a key role in derailing a bipartisan stopgap bill to fund the U.S. government, using his influence on social media to oppose the compromise reached by Republican Speaker Mike Johnson and Democrats.

Musk’s criticism sparked growing Republican resistance, later echoed by Donald Trump. The resulting failure exposed deep divisions within the GOP, complicating Johnson’s leadership and future legislative efforts.

Democrats mocked Musk’s influence, while some Republicans expressed frustration.

The incident highlights challenges facing Trump’s narrow House majority, with instability threatening legislative priorities and potential governance deadlock.

  • TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world
    132·
    2 days ago

    Anybody wanna join up and secede from the union? Maybe if we just keep to ourselves the Federal government won’t even notice.

    • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
      232·
      2 days ago

      We should just call it and break up into fifty nations organized like the EU. Poorer red states would start merging left and right in an attempt at economic survival, like Arkabamasippiana. At that point we could reconsider uniting as a nation with proportional representation. Lol