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Hey, everybody. 
Welcome back to the Elon Musk 

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Podcast. 
This is a show where we discuss 

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the critical crossroads that 
shape SpaceX, Tesla X, The 

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Boring Company, and Neurolink. 
I'm your host, Will Walden. 

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Elon Musk made a pretty wild 
announcement on Monday, and he 

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said that he'll create a new 
political party if Congress 

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passes President Donald Trump's 
massive domestic spending bill. 

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Musk said the America Party will
be formed the next day if the 

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legislation clears its first and
final hurdle in the Senate. 

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He made the statement on X and 
as the Senate entered its final 

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amendment phase for the expected
July 4th deadline. 

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Now Musk made this threat and 
the followed a weekend Baraja 

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posts attacking what he called 
an insane bill. 

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He claimed it would raise the 
national debt by $5 trillion, 

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cripple clean energy industries 
and reward fossil fuels. 

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His statements marked a return 
to direct political combat after

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weeks of relative quiet 
following a brief reconciliation

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with Donald Trump. 
Now, Musk's renewed stance 

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appears rooted in both economic 
and ideological objections to 

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the bill's contents and its long
term effects. 

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This legislation, which Donald 
Trump called his Big Beautiful 

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Bill or Three BS, BBB, contains 
sweeping tax changes, subsidies 

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and budgetary restructures. 
It includes a new federal 

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subsidy for coal used in steel 
production and cuts to renewable

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energy incentives now. 
Musk claimed these changes would

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harm industries he believes are 
essential for long term national

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competitiveness. 
He cited planned tax increases 

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on solar, battery, geothermal, 
wind and nuclear energy projects

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as a direct threat. 
Thousands of companies and 

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workers in the clean energy 
sector, including Musk's own 

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Tesla. 
Imagine that now. 

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Musk also targeted Republican 
lawmakers who support the bill. 

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He accused them of abandoning 
the fiscal responsibility 

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pledges and declared he would 
use his money and influence to 

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oust them from office. 
He wrote that every lawmaker who

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ran on reducing government 
spending and then supported the 

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bill should hang their head in 
shame and added they quote, will

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lose their primary next year. 
If it is the last thing I do on 

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this Earth. 
Now. 

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These posts coincided with his 
tagging conservative lawmakers 

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Chip Roy and Eddie Harris 
demanding they explain how they 

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could support what he labeled a 
debt slavery bill. 

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Now, Tesla's energy division, 
which includes solar panel and 

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battery system installations, 
stands to be directly affected 

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by the bill. 
No matter what you think, Elon 

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Musk is being affected as well. 
Musk claimed that the proposed 

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tax burdens and removal of 
subsidies would undercut 

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companies investing in future 
energy technologies. 

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He said the bill offers handouts
to obsolete industries while 

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punishing the emergency sectors 
that are needed to maintain US 

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leadership in global 
innovations. 

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A Tesla stock dropped 14% in a 
single day after Musk's initial 

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round of criticism following 
reports at the White House was 

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reviewing Tesla's federal 
contracts. 

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Elon Musk's feud with Trump 
reached its peak a fever pitch 

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earlier in June when he called 
the bill a disgusting 

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abomination and demanded 
Congress kill the bill now. 

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This marked a sharp reversal 
from his earlier alignment with 

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Donald Trump, during which Musk 
led the Department of Government

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Efficiency, or DOGE, 
controversial White House 

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initiative. 
It's focused on deregulation. 

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Elon Musk also donated about 
$250 million to Trump's re 

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election campaign, making one of
the president's most generous. 

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Private supporters of the two 
appeared to briefly mend the 

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relationship after Musk softened
his rhetoric and expressed 

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regret over several of his posts
on X. 

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And during that time, he 
supported the president's 

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immigration proposals and 
reduced his political posting on

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X, going back to his old ways of
posting about Tesla, clean 

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energy, SpaceX rockets, Boring 
Company, Neuralink, things like 

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that, things that we grew up 
believing that that was what he 

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want to do and going to Mars as 
well. 

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Now, he supported Donald Trump, 
he supported the immigration 

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proposals, and now he's reducing
his political posting on X. 

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But then Saturday's legislative 
debate in Musk's 54th birthday 

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seemed to reignite this 
conflict. 

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Activists from a group called 
Tesla Takedown organized public 

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protests that day, criticizing 
his connections to Trump in his 

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recent support for Germany's far
right Afd party. 

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Now Musk reignited the political
dispute Monday, calling the 

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GOP's legislation utterly insane
and destructive. 

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He wrote that it would destroy 
millions of American jobs and 

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expose the country to long term 
strategic risks. 

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He accused the bill of favoring 
outdated industries, saying it 

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offers financial incentives to 
sectors that no longer drive 

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innovation. 
Now, in response to Musk's 

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statements, Trump told Fox News 
that Musk was simply angry 

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because the bill would eliminate
certain electric vehicle 

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subsidies. 
And that's probably true. 

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Trump praised Musk as a smart 
guy and said he would continue 

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to secede, but did not address 
the bill's effects on energy 

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policy or the national debt. 
White House has not issued a 

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formal statement beyond Trump's 
comments. 

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We've reached out to them. 
They haven't reached out to us. 

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The Musk said the American Party
will serve as an alternative 

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what he calls the Democratic 
Republican Unit Party. 

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He said the country no longer 
has genuine political 

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competition. 
He described the current 

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structure as a Porky Pig Party 
in reference to the bill's 

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massive debt ceiling increase. 
He told his followers that it is

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obvious the country needs new 
representation because existing 

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parties no longer prioritize 
voters interests. 

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Now, the Senate is expected to 
vote on the bill before July 

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4th. 
Musk's future moves will likely 

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hinge on whether the legislation
passes and how House Republicans

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react to his threats. 
He's threatening to basically 

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make them not have jobs. 
Is that important enough to 

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them, or is this bill more 
important to them? 

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It really depends. 
Do they want a job next year? 

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Well, we're going to see if they
do and what Elon actually does 

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when this bill passes because 
more than likely it's going to 

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pass. 
If it does, we're going to see 

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Elon Musk go absolutely insane 
on X. 

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