Republicans fear a powerful enemy in the individual of businessman Elon Musk due to his conflict with White home Chief of Staff Donald Trump “ NBC reports.
"Republicans fear that the escalation of the conflict between president Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk may continue, leaving additional harm to them for weeks, months or even years," the study says.
In particular, Republican congressmen fear that their mandates will be threatened if Musk tries to remove them in the mid-term election in 2026.
"He (Musk – ed.) does not care about Republicans. He'll destruct them, he'll do it. I mean, we already know that Republicans will lose the home of Representatives", the channel quotes the unnamed head of Tesla.
He added that the entrepreneur would not allocate $100 million previously promised to Trump-related political committees. According to the advisor, Musk, if necessary, he will go to extremes and hand over the money to the Democrats.
As NBC reports, a clear trend in talks with legislators and Republican organization activists is that they should be careful about conflicts with both Trump and Musk – this is not an easy task, given that they themselves are active in a conflict full of insults and threats.
“I stay distant from this. There is simply a verse in Proverbs: “Do not engage in another people’s quarrels.” I will not be active in this," said Congressman Don Bacon, who represents a competitive territory in Nebraska.
Conflict between Trump and Musk
Relations between the president of the United States and the head of Tesla intensified after the second resigned last week as head of the Government's Department of Efficiency. Then the businessman said he would inactive be a friend and a politician's advisor.
Nevertheless, 1 day the businessman powerfully criticized a large-scale budget task promoted by the American leader, calling it “disgusting”.
The paper reduces national spending, but at the same time provides serious taxation relief. Musk believes that the bill will compensate for his work in the public sector and will lead to an increase in the US budget deficit.
Trump, for his part, expressed disappointment with Musk, explaining that he had done much for him. In response, he accused the White home chief of being ungrateful and noted that the president could not win the election without his participation. He besides advocated the impeachment of the American leader and replacing him with Vice president J.D. Vancem.
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Republicans in the United States fear the enemy as Musk, reports NBC
