Trump v Musk: Local reaction from both sides to the bitter breakup
COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) - What started as a policy dispute between President Trump and Elon Musk has now turned personal.
Tensions began rising on Tuesday, when Musk criticized Trump's "big beautiful bill," raising concerns about US government spending and the deficit. The feud escalating on social media.
“You can kind of see it coming because they’re two big gigantic egos and probably because Musk put so much money into Trump’s campaign and he was probably promised different things and those are no longer in the bill that probably drove that wedge between them. Now they’re fighting on social media.”
Katy Dillon, protest organizer
While some say the clash is unsurprising, supporters of the president say it's unexpected.
“I was definitely surprised but I know Elon Musk is truly a unique person, he has his reasons... He’d done a lot of really good things in those 133 days so now we got this big beautiful bill coming and he sees more things that need to be taken care of and maybe he didn’t get the opportunity.”
Joy Miedecke, East Valley Republican Women Patriots president
Some think this could hurt the Republican Party moving forward.
But what both sides appear to share a similar view on, skepticism around a once close ally of the president.
“I’d like to point out that Elon Musk is also the person that wanted to cut medical staff of the veterans hospital.”
Scott Grasser, veteran
“I think most Republicans are for Trump and say this is unfortunate but Elon, maybe this was in bad taste.”
Joy Miedecke, East Valley Republican Women Patriots president
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