{"id":172627,"date":"2025-06-04T16:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T16:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/04\/elon-musks-introduction-to-politics-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T16:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T16:16:08","slug":"elon-musks-introduction-to-politics-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/04\/elon-musks-introduction-to-politics-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk\u2019s introduction to politics | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Elon Musk spent the last several months knee-deep in government, sidelining his companies to pursue a long-standing Republican quest to weed out alleged waste and fraud.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Then, a few weeks ago, House Republicans passed a bill with provisions that would kneecap Tesla.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now Musk is fuming that the bill is \u201ca disgusting abomination.\u201d<\/p>\n

Plenty has been written about Musk\u2019s motivations for cozying up to President Donald Trump; for spending 130 days as a special government employee; for spending time away from Tesla, the main source of his wealth. Whatever his reasons, Musk did come away with some wins: He managed to secure some free advertising<\/a> for Tesla, and Starlink is slowly embedding itself<\/a> into the federal government.<\/p>\n

But his time roaming the halls of power and standing alongside the president hasn\u2019t exempted Tesla from Republicans\u2019 desire to sink clean energy and electric vehicles.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Musk let loose. \u201cI\u2019m sorry, but I just can\u2019t stand it anymore,\u201d he wrote<\/a> on X. \u201cThis massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination.<\/p>\n

\u201cShame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m sorry, but I just can\u2019t stand it anymore.<\/p>\n

This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination.<\/p>\n

Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

The Congressional Budget Office has yet to score the bill and its impact on the deficit, but this week the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a nonprofit organization, estimated<\/a> that the legislation would add $3 trillion in debt.<\/p>\n

Musk might be publicly denouncing the reconciliation bill for its inability to rein in federal deficits \u2014\u00a0there\u2019s no reason to think he doesn\u2019t believe its a problem \u2014\u00a0but it\u2019s hard to imagine he doesn\u2019t feel personally slighted by the legislation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

An Axios report<\/a> backs up that take on the situation, saying that Musk was \u201cfrustrated at failing to win favorable treatment in the bill and the administration at large.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cElon was butthurt,\u201d a source with knowledge of Musk\u2019s feelings told Axios.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just Musk\u2019s feelings that could be bruised: His fortune could be dented if provisions hostile to Tesla survive the Senate.<\/p>\n

Tesla\u2019s biggest hit would come from revisions<\/a> to the EV tax credit. Today, consumers who buy an eligible EV can claim up to $7,500, a provision that runs through 2032. Republicans want to end it in 2026 and reinstate the per-manufacturer cap of 200,000 vehicles. The cap almost feels targeted at Tesla, since the automaker was among the first to exceed that figure.<\/p>\n

But Republicans didn\u2019t stop there. They also took a hammer to clean energy, severely constraining the ability of rooftop solar installations to qualify for 30% tax credits. If passed, the changes would undercut Tesla\u2019s energy division, which recently has grown 67% year-over-year. The business line has already been threatened by Trump\u2019s tariffs, which \u201cwill have a relatively larger impact on our energy generation and storage business compared to our automotive business,\u201d Tesla said in its quarterly report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a parting shot, the White House announced Saturday, the day after Musk\u2019s departure, that it was pulling Jared Isaacman\u2019s nomination to be NASA administrator, something Musk had championed.<\/p>\n

Welcome to politics, Elon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n