The public rift between President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk has escalated, with Musk repeatedly blasting the Trump-backed spending bill on X, calling it bloated, irresponsible and dangerous to the nation’s finances.
Now, O’Leary Ventures chairman and “Shark Tank” personality Kevin O’Leary is weighing in, offering insight into what may have sparked Musk’s strong opposition. According to O’Leary, it was a chart shared by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., that jolted Musk into action.
“Ron Johnson put out a graph a couple of days ago. A chart, very simple chart. Simply says, look, even during Trump’s first term, deficits were under a trillion dollars,” O’Leary said Thursday on “The Evening Edit.” “Then we have this pandemic, and every administration and every budget post the pandemic have $2 trillion-plus deficits.”
O’Leary believes Musk saw the numbers and was stunned.
“That’s what got Elon fired off. He looked at that chart, too, and said, ‘Wait a second, why do we have to spend $2 trillion more than we need to?’” O’Leary said.
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Author: Marty Kaufmann
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