DeSantis has some serious political advice for Elon Musk to ensure a 'monumental impact'



Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) offered Elon Musk some political advice following the business magnate's announcement that he is starting the "America Party," a new political party Musk claims will counter the "Republican/Democrat Uniparty" amid his ongoing feud with President Donald Trump.

During a Monday afternoon press conference, DeSantis stated, "I think Elon Musk has been one of the most innovative entrepreneurs, not just in our country's history, but probably in world history. And I think he's done a lot and has a lot more left in the tank, obviously."

'If somebody as significant as Elon wants to get in the game on that, he will have a, I think, very consequential impact.'

DeSantis praised Musk for his efforts in the 2024 election and for initiating the Department of Government Efficiency, a concept that the governor has also adopted at the state level to reduce Florida's budget.

While DeSantis noted that he is "a big fan" of Musk's cost-cutting efforts, he issued a serious warning about his third-party aspirations and offered some advice.

The governor explained that a third party would likely result in Democratic candidates winning elections, particularly if Musk plans to fund Senate and House candidates in competitive races.

"As it is now, even if somehow a third party could elect some people that were so-called fiscal conservatives, I don't think it would even move the needle even if they got elected," DeSantis said. "And we know that they wouldn't get elected because it's really one of two parties, so you're either just taking votes away from one side or the other."

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He stated that the Republican Party is facing a significant issue with political candidates making promises on the campaign trail that they do not keep once elected, particularly regarding reining in the nation's out-of-control budget.

Instead, the Florida governor argued that Musk could have a "monumental impact" on the nation if he focused on working with state legislators to add a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution, which he noted could be done without congressional approval.

"I don't think just electing a few better people is going to change [the nation's] trajectory," DeSantis continued. "You need to do a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. You can do it through the states; you can do it through Article Five. We've got 28 states that have approved this. There's another four or five that are on the docket. Once you hit 34, then you write an amendment, and then the states are able to ratify that."

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The governor also called for Musk to push for term limits for members of Congress.

DeSantis stated that he is confident Musk would be successful in implementing these changes.

"That is achievable. And especially, if somebody as significant as Elon wants to get in the game on that, he will have a, I think, very consequential impact on that, and I think would be just the type that could bring this across the finish line," DeSantis remarked.

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The only Trump-Musk feud timeline you'll need



Social media erupted this week when President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to their respective accounts on Truth Social and X, clashing over their views on the “one big, beautiful bill” in Congress. The arguments escalated and took some very surprising turns that left the world agape.

While debates have been ongoing throughout the week, the feud between Trump and Musk truly began at 1:31 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday when Musk posted: “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.”

On Wednesday at 1:59 p.m., Trump reposted Musk’s post from May 28: “As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending. The @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government.”

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Thursday morning, Trump gave his reaction to the growing feud: “I’m very disappointed, because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here. He had no problem with it. All of a sudden he had a problem, and he only developed a problem when he found out that we’re gonna have to cut the EV mandate.”

Trump went on to say in his statement, “He hasn’t said anything bad about me, but I’m sure that will be next. I’m very disappointed in Elon. I’ve helped Elon a lot.” He also suggested that many people, and perhaps including Musk, develop a case of “Trump derangement syndrome” when they leave his administration: “Some of them embrace it, and some of them actually become hostile.”

Thursday, 12:25 p.m.: Musk replied to a post with more footage of Trump’s statement and directly refuted Trump’s claim that he knew the “inner workings” of the bill. “False, this bill was never shown to me even once and was passed in the dead of night so fast that almost no one in Congress could even read it!”

Piers Morgan took to X when Musk posted this claim: “BREAKING: Elon calls President Trump a liar. Wow.”

Thursday, 12:46 p.m.: Musk also responded to Trump’s claim in his news release that he would have won regardless of Musk's involvement: “Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate.”

“Such ingratitude,” he added.

Thursday, 1:57 p.m.: Musk posted a poll in which he asked: “Is it time to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the middle?” The poll received over 2.4 million votes in the first five hours and topped 5.3 million votes on Friday morning.

Thursday, 2:37 p.m.: Trump posted on his Truth Social account: “Elon was ‘wearing thin,’ I asked him to leave, I took away his EV Mandate that forced everyone to buy Electric Cars that nobody else wanted (that he knew for months I was going to do!), and he just went CRAZY!”

At the same time, Trump posted: “The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn’t do it!”

Thursday, 2:48 p.m.: Elon responded to an account that posted a screenshot of Trump’s post roughly 10 minutes later: “Such an obvious lie. So sad.”

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Thursday, 3:10 p.m.: Elon Musk made the most incendiary comment of the feud: “Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!”

“Mark this post for the future. The truth will come out,” Musk added.

Musk’s original statement about the Epstein files took the internet by storm. At 3:31 p.m., BlazeTV host Auron MacIntyre responded, saying, “Only two real options here. 1) This is true and Elon knowingly covered for a man he is accusing of being a pedophile 2) This is a lie and Elon is committing serious libel while cheapening the serious nature [of] trafficking minors. Neither are great.”

Blaze News senior politics editor Christopher Bedford took a different approach: “No shot. We know Epstein had Trump's phone number; White House 47 released that publicly too. If there was any more to it, Biden and the Democrat DOJ would have 1000% released it.”

Thursday, 4:06 p.m.: Trump posted: “I don’t mind Elon turning against me, but he should have done so months ago. This is one of the Greatest Bills ever presented to Congress. It’s a Record Cut in Expenses, $1.6 Trillion Dollars, and the Biggest Tax Cut ever given. If this Bill doesn’t pass, there will be a 68% Tax Increase, and things far worse than that. I didn’t create this mess, I’m just here to FIX IT. This puts our Country on a Path of Greatness. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

Thursday, 4:11 p.m.: Musk also seemingly signaled his agreement with one user on X who said, “Trump should be impeached and JD Vance should replace him.”

In response to one of Trump’s statements posted as a screenshot on X, Musk announced: “In light of the President’s statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately.” The post appears to have been taken down.

Thursday, 4:24 p.m.: Blaze Media editor in chief Matthew Peterson summed up the confusion of the day: “It was ***inevitable*** Trump and Elon would clash, of course — but this is dumb shite all around and I am almost sure that this level of blow up could have been avoided. ... Whatever is really going on — whatever really led to…this…is what people want to know now.”

Thursday, 4:26 p.m.: Musk later posted, “The Trump tariffs will cause a recession in the second half of this year.”

Thursday, 4:43 p.m.: Musk reposted one user’s post of a video with the caption: “In 1992 Trump partied with Jeffrey Epstein. Just gonna leave this here.” The video features Trump at his mansion in Mar-a-Lago, throwing a party. It also captures Jeffrey Epstein’s arrival at the party and a conversation between them.

Thursday, 4:48 p.m.: Following Musk’s declaration about the Dragon spacecraft, NASA press secretary Bethany Stevens commented on X: “NASA will continue to execute upon the President’s vision for the future of space. We will continue to work with our industry partners to ensure the President’s objectives in space are met.”

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Thursday, 5:30 p.m.: Bill Ackman posted a message on X: "I support @realDonaldTrump and @elonmusk and they should make peace for the benefit of our great country. We are much stronger together than apart."

Thursday, 8:04 p.m.: JD Vance posted a picture of himself with comedian Theo Von with the caption, “Slow news day, what are we even going to talk about? @TheoVon.”

Thursday, 9:20 p.m.: Musk walked back his statement about decommissioning the Dragon spacecraft.

Thursday, 9:27 p.m.: Elon Musk replied "you're not wrong" to Bill Ackman's call for peace, signaling the possibility of a reconciliation between the two men in the future.

Friday, 7:42 a.m.: An ABC News reporter broke the news about a phone conversation he had had with President Trump: "In a phone conversation this morning, @realDonaldTrump told me @elonmusk is 'the man who has lost his mind.' Trump did not, however, seem angry or even concerned about the feud. As for reports that there is going to be a Trump/Musk call scheduled for today, Trump told me he is 'not particularly' interested in talking to Musk although he says Musk wants to talk to him.”

Friday, 9:41 a.m.: The New York Post reported Trump plans to get rid of the Tesla he bought in support of Musk. The Tesla Model S will either be “given away” or “sold off,” according to Peter Doocy on Fox News. Doocy went on to report that Musk had been “wearing thin” on Trump for “about a month.” The public feud that exploded on Thursday was a small part of a longer period of disagreement.

On Friday morning, Fox News reported that Trump said that “Elon’s totally lost it” and that he is not interested in speaking with him at this time. Trump is also reportedly “not worried” about Elon’s suggestion of forming a new political party.

Friday, 1:57 p.m.: Musk's poll closed just before 2:00 p.m. Eastern time on Friday with 5,630,775 votes, with 80.4% responding “Yes” and 19.6% responding “No.”

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Donald Trump shares the plans he has for Elon Musk if he’s elected in exclusive Glenn Beck interview



Earlier this week, former President Donald Trump joined Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck for an exclusive interview. Among the subjects the duo discussed were Kamala’s dramatic policy reversals — especially when it comes to the border — who’s really calling the shots in the White House (not Joe Biden), and the reported falling out between Harris and Biden following the president’s ousting.

They also conferred about Elon Musk, who’s been a welcome addition to the Trump campaign. Glenn asked Trump if he was serious about utilizing the Tesla/SpaceX/X owner if he’s elected.

“Oh sure,” said Trump, calling Musk “a great businessman.”

“He feels that there's tremendous fraud, waste, and abuse. ... He could save a lot of money and make lives better,” Trump continued.

He explained that while Musk “doesn’t want to be in the Cabinet,” as he’s “got so many things going on,” he has expressed interest in a role “having to do with the budget.”

“He’s good at finding [waste],” said Glenn, pointing to “the way he runs his companies” as a testament to his savviness.

“He’s maybe the best at finding that,” Trump agreed.

“It really is such a statement that he's probably the most effective person on the planet of looking over the horizon and then bringing tomorrow into today, and the left, because he likes you ... they will shut him down,” Glenn added.

“They’ll try, but he’s hard to shut down because he’s so advanced. He’s on a different playing field,” Trump praised, adding that shutting Elon down was going to “shut the country down essentially.”

To hear more of the interview, watch the episode above.

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How Elon Musk went from the left’s 'brightest star' to someone the left is debating arresting



On Monday, Elon Musk did the very thing the left-owned media feared the most — he gave Donald Trump the X platform, allowing him to speak freely for two hours about the issues the American people care about. And then he unabashedly endorsed him.

It’s really not that revolutionary if you have any respect for free speech. But as we know, the left and its media allies are the enemies of free speech. Leftists prefer rigid censorship as that allows them to control the narrative.

And their favorite narrative has long been: Trump is Hitler. Trump is anti-democracy. Trump will end America as we know it.

Musk giving the former president and Republican candidate a platform to show the billion people who tuned in to watch the falsity of the mainstream narrative is therefore a strike against him in the left’s handbook.

But it’s certainly not the first strike.

Glenn Beck recalls a time not too long ago when Elon Musk was revered by the left.

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“He was the savior of the world from global warming because he put battery-operated cars on the road like nobody else has ever done. He was the brightest star in the sky,” he recalls.

But Musk’s unapologetic support for the first amendment — specifically his purchasing of X (formerly Twitter) and making it a platform for free speech — and his general campaign against wokeness have banished the billionaire to the realm of the blacklisted.

“Now he's a failure; he's horrible; he shouldn't be listened to,” says Glenn, adding that “they spoke yesterday about possibly arresting him.”

The proposition is unlikely to intimidate Musk, however.

During his interview with Trump, Musk said, “I’ve not been very political before. ... They try to paint me as like a far-right guy, which is absurd because I'm like making electric vehicles and, you know, solar batteries helping them with the environment.”

Musk also pointed out that he “supported Obama.”

“I stood in line for six hours to shake Obama's hand when he was running for president,” he said, adding that historically he’s considered himself “a moderate Democrat.”

“But now I feel like we’re really at a critical juncture for the country,” he continued. “You [Trump] are the path to prosperity, and I think Kamala is the opposite. That’s my honest opinion.”

“This is to people out there who are in the moderate camp ... I think you should support Donald Trump for president,” Musk said, adding, “We’re in deep trouble if it goes the other way.”

Musk’s endorsement is a devastating blow to the left and its narrative — especially considering he used to be a Democrat who “did not like Donald Trump,” says Glenn. But “if you deviate from their narrative, you are dead to them.”

“If we lose this election, I truly believe we’ve lost the country,” he says, echoing Musk’s warning about America being at a junction.

To hear more of Glenn’s commentary, watch the clip above.

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