After Republicans <\/span>caved on Wednesday to multibillionaire Elon Musk\u2019s<\/span><\/a> calls for that the Home\u2019s bipartisan spending invoice be scrapped, Donald Trump\u2019s flacks are<\/span> scrambling to make it look like their Dear Leader <\/span><\/a>continues to be in cost.<\/span><\/p>\n And so they\u2019re going to must work even tougher after the GOP-controlled Home <\/span>failed to pass the bill<\/span><\/a> Trump supported Thursday night time.<\/span><\/p>\n “As quickly as President Trump launched his official stance on the CR, Republicans on Capitol Hill echoed his viewpoint,\u201d Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt <\/span>told Business Insider<\/span><\/a> earlier within the day, earlier than Trump\u2019s most popular invoice failed. \u201cPresident Trump is the chief of the Republican Get together. Full cease.”<\/span><\/p>\n The truth that the world\u2019s richest man wrote<\/span> \u201cmore than 150 separate posts on X\u201d<\/span><\/a> demanding the GOP scuttle the spending invoice earlier than Trump deigned to chime in tells a special story.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt is not Donald Trump asking for this. It’s totally clearly President Elon Musk asking for this,\u201d Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman <\/span>told MSNBC\u2019s Lawrence O\u2019Donnell<\/span><\/a> Wednesday night time. \u201cThe truth that Donald Trump has been utterly AWOL throughout these negotiations to the purpose the place solely after Elon Musk publicly tweets about his displeasure about this price range deal, impulsively, Donald Trump, chief of workers to Elon Musk, comes trotting in and blows up the deal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The unhappy irony is that the bipartisan persevering with decision was stuffed with funding for farmers, infrastructure, and catastrophe aid\u2014all of which <\/span>would benefit Trump-voting Republicans<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The GOP created this disaster and now, a authorities shutdown is an actual risk\u2014and the chaos continues with <\/span>questions<\/span><\/a> <\/span>about whether or not or not Mike Johnson will stay Home speaker. Distinguished Republican lawmakers like Sen. Rand Paul and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene have even floated the concept King Musk <\/span>should become the next speaker<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “A nerve has been struck. Trump is intimidated by President Elon. Now he has his spokesperson out doing harm management trigger Elon is looking the pictures,” Democratic Rep. Maxwell Frost <\/span>wrote on Bluesky<\/span><\/a>. “Trump was silent on the invoice till his boss, President Elon, spoke.”<\/span><\/p>\n Ideas and prayers.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/cdn.prod.dailykos.com\/images\/1368871\/large\/lk111524dAPR.jpg?1731690362\" "\\"A")