The Speaker of the US House of Representatives revealed that billionaire Elon Musk changed his phone number after a war of words with Trump.
US House Speaker Mike Johnson said that tech billionaire Elon Musk has changed his mobile phone number and is no longer responding to his messages.
Johnson claims that Musk did this while he was trying to convince the Tesla and SpaceX CEO of the benefits that President Donald Trump's massive bill, known as the "Big and Beautiful Act," would bring.
Musk, who grew increasingly close to Trump during the Republican presidential campaign and the early months of his administration, fiercely attacked the massive tax and spending bill. This led to a public rift between the former head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the president.
Appearing in the latest episode of the "Pod Force One" podcast, affiliated with the New York Post and released on July 16th, Johnson stated that he sent Musk a "long text message, and then his phone number changed."
"Then I realized I'd sent it somewhere into oblivion and he never read it, so I'm looking forward to meeting him in person," the Speaker of the House added, saying he was trying to reconcile Musk and Trump. Johnson explained that he wanted the billionaire "to fully understand what we're doing and remind him of the strategy," referring to the spending bill.
In a series of social media posts earlier this month, billionaire Musk warned that Trump's landmark legislation, which envisions massive spending increases, cuts to social programs, and a huge increase in the budget deficit limit, "will bankrupt the country."
Trump responded by suggesting he might consider deporting Musk back to his native South Africa, and that cutting government subsidies for electric vehicles could force the billionaire to "shut down."
Amidst the controversy surrounding this major bill, Musk announced earlier this month plans to form a new "America Party."
In a subsequent Truth Social post, the US President declared that his former associate had turned into a "train disaster," predicting that Musk's new party would fail and risk causing "total and utter breakdown and chaos."