President Trump dismissed Elon Musk as a "trainwreck" as the former Trump campaign benefactor moves toward starting a third political party.
"I am saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely 'off the rails,' essentially becoming a TRAIN WRECK over the past five weeks. He even wants to start a Third Political Party, despite the fact that they have never succeeded in the United States - The System seems not designed for them," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Musk has been ramping up threats to Trump and his political influence as a rift widens over the "Big, Beautiful Bill," which Trump signed into law Friday.
Musk has been taking shots at Trump since early June, accusing him and Republicans of putting the country's financial future at risk with reckless spending.
After apologizing for some unhinged comments linking Trump with Jeffrey Epstein, Musk returned to blasting Trump's policy bill last week and threatened to start a third political party if it passed.
Republicans sent the "Big, Beautiful Bill" to Trump's desk last week, just in time to meet Trump's July 4th deadline. In response, Musk held a poll on social media site X - which he owns - asking if he should start a new party dedicated to fiscal conservatism.
"By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it," Musk posted Saturday. "When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy. Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom."
When asked to comment on Musk's move, Trump was skeptical the "ridiculous" effort would succeed, pointing to the durability of the two-party system.
"I think it’s ridiculous to start a third party," Trump said on Saturday. "We have a tremendous success with the Republican Party. The Democrats have lost their way, but it’s always been a two-party system, and I think starting a third party just adds to confusion."
"It really seems to have been developed for two parties," Trump said. "Third parties have never worked. So, he can have fun with it, but I think it’s ridiculous."
While Musk says he's concerned about the cost of Trump's agenda, and what Musk calls a lack of representation for people concerned with the budget, Trump has said the Tesla CEO has a personal motive: the elimination of electric car subsidies.
"It is a Great Bill but, unfortunately for Elon, it eliminates the ridiculous Electric Vehicle (EV) Mandate, which would have forced everyone to buy an Electric Car in a short period of time. I have been strongly opposed to that from the very beginning," Trump wrote in his Truth Social post.
Trump considered running for the White House on the Reform ticket in 2000, but ultimately made history as a candidate for the GOP, winning an upset primary challenge in 2016 and then the presidency.
While Trump continued to face resistance from the GOP establishment during his first term, the situation has changed dramatically since then, with the passage of the "Beautiful Bill" confirming Trump's near total dominance over the party.
The Camp Mystic flood disaster in Texas has captured a worldwide audience, with millions hoping and praying that many of the missing are found alive.
The nightmare has touched all parts of the nation, including Washington D.C. Newsmax reported that Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) and his wife were finally able to reunite with their two young daughters who, by the grace of God, were able to be evacuated from the camp.
Chaotic, sudden flooding from the Guadalupe River in Texas resulted in the deaths of dozens of young campers while many more are still missing and actively being found.
Prayers and support have poured in since the news of the historic flooding hit the headlines. Camp Mystic is a popular all-girls camp that has taken the hardest hit from the flooding.
Rep. Pflueger made his followers aware of the situation with his daughters on his X account, saying that he and his wife, Camile, along with a third daughter, Vivian, were able to reconnect with the two girls who were at camp.
"Camille, Vivian and I are now reunited with Caroline and Juliana who were evacuated from Camp Mystic. The last day has brought unimaginable grief to many families and we mourn with them as well as holding out hope for survivors," the Texas lawmaker wrote.
Camille, Vivian and I are now reunited with Caroline and Juliana who were evacuated from Camp Mystic. The last day has brought unimaginable grief to many families and we mourn with them as well as holding out hope for survivors.
We want to thank the first responders who have…
— Rep. August Pfluger (@RepPfluger) July 5, 2025
He added, "We want to thank the first responders who have come from far and wide to save lives. The TX Division of Emergency Management has been incredible and the White House, DHS, FEMA, DPS and local officials have all been responsive and helpful."
"Please join us today as we pray for miracles."
Newsmax noted:
The floodwaters along the river reportedly rose 26 feet in less than an hour early Friday. State and federal officials have said that about 27 campers from the summer camp, which opened in the 1920s, remain missing.
Users across social media offered their prayers to the Texas Republican and his family.
"I’m so glad you have your daughters and I’m praying hard for all the missing children and adults. I know Texas raced to kerrville to help in some form or other! Most places for donations were too full to take anything else. People were walking the river together in a line," one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "So glad your girls are safe. My daughter went there a few years ago. Unthinkable."
Now, we must continue to pray for the many more who are still missing, and for the young souls lost to the natural disaster.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris -- also a failed presidential candidate -- didn't have a very good Fourth of July holiday, at least not on the public relations front.
According to the New York Post, the former vice president was slammed across social media for posting what many described as a "gloomy" Independence Day post while also using a photo that clearly had former President Joe Biden cropped out.
The situation shouldn't come as a surprise, as Harris has a tendency to say the wrong thing at the wrong time, and typically went viral for all the wrong reasons while she was vice president and ultimately a presidential candidate.
Her message was especially dark, warning her followers that things would "probably get worse" before they get better, which was an obvious symptom of Trump Derangement Syndrome on the left.
Harris put out the doom and gloom statement on her official X account.
"This Fourth of July, I am taking a moment to reflect. Things are hard right now. They are probably going to get worse before they get better," Harris wrote.
She added, "But I love our country — and when you love something, you fight for it. Together, we will continue to fight for the ideals of our nation."
This Fourth of July, I am taking a moment to reflect. Things are hard right now. They are probably going to get worse before they get better.
But I love our country — and when you love something, you fight for it. Together, we will continue to fight for the ideals of our nation. pic.twitter.com/pYxJVw0fiD
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) July 4, 2025
The New York Post noted:
X users were quick to point out that the image Harris promoted — which showed her and first gentleman Doug Emhoff enjoying an Independence Day fireworks display in July 2024 — was conveniently framed to exclude Biden and first lady Jill.
The picture drew mountains of criticism from both sides of the aisle.
Users across social media were quick to point out that the former president was cropped out of the photo Harris posted on her X account.
The Post noted:
“Kamala cropping Joe out is very symbolic,” noted Link Lauren, a former senior adviser to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign, publishing another shot from the White House balcony that shows the first couple just feet away.
Another X user wrote, "Hahahahahaha. You cropped out Joe and Jill."
Obviously, Harris' social media team hasn't learned much since she's been out of office.
House Rep. Andy Ogles (TN) is calling for President Donald Trump to serve a third term in office after the House passed the "Big, Beautiful Bill."
The passage of Trump's bill is a milestone of his historic career in national politics, which began just over 10 years ago with the promise to "Make America Great Again."
While Trump's second term is just starting, Ogles says the president deserves another four years to continue his mission.
"I was at the White House with President Trump for several hours yesterday and spent countless hours whipping votes with Speaker Johnson for the One Big Beautiful Bill.
This historic legislation will unleash our economy and usher in a new golden age for America," Ogles told Fox News Digital.
The bill's passage has sent Trump's critics into throes of despair, while supporters are ecstatic. Indeed, Ogles has gone so far as to suggest that Trump should be added to Mt. Rushmore.
"Thanks to President Trump, we’re finally reversing the damage caused by Big Government and Democrat cronies. Wins like this are exactly why he deserves serious consideration for a third term—AND why so many believe he belongs on Mt. Rushmore," Ogles said.
The "Big, Beautiful Bill" is the kind of achievement that eluded Trump during his first term, when he had yet to dominate the Republican party and relied on executive orders to advance his agenda. Joe Biden was able to easily reverse Trump's border policies, sending America into Third World chaos.
After an epic struggle, and against all odds, Trump is back in office and more powerful than ever before. He has the GOP under his thumb and, for the first time ever, a major policy achievement that will endure.
The "Beautiful Bill" locks in funding to complete Trump's signature border wall, dramatically expands immigration enforcement, and makes Trump's 2017 tax cuts permanent. It also adds the new temporary tax breaks that Trump promised on the campaign trail, like no tax on tips.
In January, Ogles proposed an amendment that would allow Trump to serve a third term. As Ogles put it at the time, Trump is the "only figure" capable of putting America back on the path to greatness.
"He has proven himself to be the only figure in modern history capable of reversing our nation’s decay and restoring America to greatness, and he must be given the time necessary to accomplish that goal,” Ogles said in January, proposing the amendment.
Trump has toyed with the idea of running for a third term before, but he is governing like this is his last chance to leave a mark. The speed and scope of his reforms have been revolutionary, as even his worst critics will readily admit.
With the "Beautiful Bill," Trump has taken a huge step toward sealing his legacy, but there's more work to be done. If Trump can achieve the rest of his goals, he will go down as one of his country's greatest and most transformational presidents.
The White House is denying an anonymous report that Mark Zuckerberg waltzed into an Oval Office meeting unexpectedly.
According to liberal NBC News, the Facebook founder was asked to leave after he walked in unannounced.
The report, citing two anonymous officials, said there were concerns Zuckerberg didn't have a security clearance.
Americans are very familiar at this point with Trump's spontaneous, idiosyncratic approach to governing. A couple weeks ago, he discussed world politics with journalists while surveying construction on a new set of "beautiful" flagpoles on the White House lawn. When Trump made one of his semi-regular pilgrimages to UFC in June, he brought Secretary of State Marco Rubio to watch.
While some find Trump's loose, unfiltered style to be a refreshing change, especially after four years of the cloistered Biden presidency, some White House insiders complained to NBC about a lack of privacy.
One official described the winter meeting where Zuckerberg reportedly showed up as "bizarro world."
"A young aide also came in during the meeting, showed the president something on her laptop computer and left. Trump’s cellphone rang a couple of times," the report said.
The White House denied NBC's claim that Zuckerberg crashed the meeting, which was to discuss the next generation of fighter jets, the F-47.
While acknowledging that Zuckerberg made an appearance, an official said Trump had requested a separate meeting with the tech titan.
“He was not asked to leave,” the official said. “He popped in to say hello at the president’s request, and then left to wait for his meeting with POTUS to begin, which was scheduled to occur after the meeting with the pilots.”
The relationship between Trump and Zuckerberg has become much friendlier compared to Trump's first term, when Trump frequently complained about Facebook's left-wing bias.
Zuckerberg apologized last year for Facebook's role in censoring information on behalf of the Biden administration. Zuckerberg also praised Trump's courageous response to the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, and Zuckerberg was later front and center at Trump's historic second inauguration in January.
Another tech billionaire, Elon Musk, was a recurring presence in the Oval Office during the early months of Trump's second term, with Musk's casual office wear becoming a subject of criticism and parody. Musk resigned his position as a "special government employee" in May.
When Musk's alliance with Trump dramatically unraveled days later, Trump confirmed that he asked Musk to leave, saying the Tesla CEO was "wearing thin."
Taking a page out of Frankenstein, President Trump is warning he could turn the DOGE "monster" against its creator as Elon Musk returns to threatening Trump and his agenda.
Flexing his political muscle against the world's richest man, Trump said DOGE could save money for America by going after Musk's government contracts.
"DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon," Trump quipped to reporters Tuesday.
In a series of posts, Trump mocked Musk as essentially a welfare queen, warning the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX will go out of business without state backing.
It's a deeply ironic twist after Musk spent months targeting "waste, fraud, and abuse" across the federal government as the leader of DOGE. Now, Trump is suggesting that there could be savings in ending Musk's subsidies.
“Elon may get more subsidy than any human being in history, by far, and without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
"No more Rocket launches, Satellites, or Electric Car Production, and our Country would save a FORTUNE," Trump added.
Later, Trump expanded on his threats in free-wheeling comments at the White House, where he said he would look into deporting Musk back to his native South Africa.
“I don’t know, we’ll have to take a look," Trump said.
Trump evidently feels he needs to put Musk in his place as the world's richest man threatens to launch a third political party and primary Republicans who helps pass Trump's agenda.
The Trump-Musk alliance initially frayed in early June, when Musk had a dramatic public meltdown in which he attacked Trump's signature policy bill and smeared the president as an accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein. Musk apologized to Trump, who showed some interest in reconciling, only for Musk to shatter the truce by slamming the "Big, Beautiful Bill" again days before a pivotal vote. The legislation passed the Senate on Tuesday despite Musk's complaints, with three Republicans voting no and Vice President J.D. Vance breaking a tie.
While Musk has cited concerns about the federal deficit, Trump has dismissed Musk's criticism as self-interested, since the bill slashes electric car tax credits that Musk could benefit from.
Trump has also expressed frustration with Musk - who endorsed Trump in 2024 and was his biggest campaign benefactor - for waiting to complain.
"Elon Musk knew, long before he so strongly Endorsed me for President, that I was strongly against the EV Mandate. It is ridiculous, and was always a major part of my campaign. Electric cars are fine, but not everyone should be forced to own one," Trump wrote.
President Trump has lifted sanctions on Syria, delivering on his pledge to give the war-torn country a chance to rebuild.
The move is part of Trump's vision of peace for the Middle East, which he laid out during a major foreign trip in which he shook hands with Syria's new president, former jihadist Ahmed al-Sharaa.
The end of sanctions is a major shift in U.S. foreign policy, which had long sought to isolate Syria during the reign of fallen dictator Bashar al-Assad.
A White House announcement said the move is meant to "support the country’s path to stability and peace."
While removing most sanctions on Syria's economy, Trump is keeping sanctions on Assad and his allies.
Syria was devastated by more than a decade of civil war that finally ended with Assad's overthrow in December.
The Trump administration wants to see Syria protect religious minorities, keep Syria free of terrorists and normalize ties with Israel, which for years had hostile relations with its neighbor during the Iran-backed Assad regime.
"The United States is committed to supporting a Syria that is stable, unified, and at peace with itself and its neighbors. A united Syria that does not offer a safe haven for terrorist organizations and ensures the security of its religious and ethnic minorities will support regional security and prosperity,” Trump said in the executive order.
Trump's order directs Secretary of State Marco Rubio to "review" the terrorist designation of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham’s (HTS), a former al-Qaeda affiliate that played a principal role in the successful rebellion against Assad.
Trump, in a reflection of his transactional, hard-nosed approach to global affairs, praised President al-Sharaa - who led HTS - as "tough" during their meeting in May.
The White House had started easing pressure on Syria in May, when Trump met with al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia and announced an end to sanctions.
"This is another promise made and promise kept by this president to promote peace and stability in the region," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
The Islamist origins of the new regime have added to concerns about the status of minority communities in Syria, a country with a long history of sectarian violence.
Since Assad fell, there have been massacres against the Druze, a minority group that formed the ruling elite under Assad's reign, and Christians, with a suicide bombing in June killing at least 25 at a church in Damascus.
CNN pundit Scott Jennings called out Supreme Court "hack" Elena Kagan for flip-flopping on nationwide injunctions.
In a talk at Northwestern University three years ago, Kagan said, "It just can’t be right that one district judge can stop a nationwide policy in its tracks."
And yet, when the Supreme Court put an end to the plague of nationwide injunctions that she criticized just three years ago, Kagan joined the court's other two liberals in a scathing dissent.
While the case centered on Trump's executive order targeting birthright citizenship, the court did not rule on the merits of that action. But the ruling was a seismic victory for Trump, whose agenda has been repeatedly held up by lower court judges issuing nationwide injunctions.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's sophomoric dissent, and the majority's pithy response, received significant media coverage.
Jackson's glib indifference to "legalese" was widely mocked, with the majority accusing Jackson of sidestepping an actual legal analysis to enforce her own views embracing an "imperial Judiciary."
"We will not dwell on Justice Jackson’s argument, which is at odds with more than two centuries’ worth of precedent, not to mention the Constitution itself,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote.
While judicial supremacy has been a pain for Democratic and Republican presidents alike, the hubris of district court judges has been a particularly bad problem for Trump, who has already been hit with 25 injunctions since January.
While she did not write her own opinion, Kagan co-signed the dissents from Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor.
“It is not difficult to predict how this all ends. Eventually, executive power will become completely uncontainable, and our beloved constitutional Republic will be no more,” Jackson wrote.
The unhinged response from the Supreme Court's liberal wing was clearly influenced by the fact that Trump is the current U.S. president, as Kagan's blatant hypocrisy makes all too clear.
When Joe Biden was in office, Kagan rightly criticized the absurd practice of letting unelected judges wield sweeping authority over the nation and its policies. But now that President Trump is back, she's changing her tune.
“I was trying to sort out my feelings on this matter, and I came up with a quote from a very smart lawyer, and I just want to quote it, because I think she was right when she said it, ‘It just can’t be right that one district judge can stop a nationwide policy in its tracks,'” Jennings said on CNN’s Saturday Morning Table for Five.
“Justice Elena Kagan in 2022 said that, of course, when we had a Democratic president. Now she voted against the decision on Friday,” the conservative commentator continued. “Just goes to show you that some of these folks really are hacks.”
“I’m glad they went ahead and fixed it because it’s not right that one of these individual district court judges can act like a king or a monarch and stop the elected president from acting,” Jennings added.
The feud between Elon Musk, the former head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and President Donald Trump was rough for the MAGA world, as Musk was well-liked by many until that.
While the dust-up had died down for the most part, it could soon be reignited after Musk leveled a new round of criticism against Trump's "big, beautiful" spending bill, which is what sparked a fight between the two previously.
Musk, in an X post over the weekend, held nothing back as he launched a fresh round of attacks on the bill that he claims will have the opposite effect that the GOP is hoping for.
The Tesla and SpaceX billionaire went as far as to claim that the bill would amount to "political suicide" for the Republican Party.
Not unlike President Trump, Musk held nothing back in his criticism, making sure his tens of millions of followers understand the impact he believes the spending bill will ultimately have on America.
"The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country! Utterly insane and destructive. It gives handouts to industries of the past while severely damaging industries of the future," Musk wrote on his X account.
The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country!
Utterly insane and destructive. It gives handouts to industries of the past while severely damaging industries of the future. https://t.co/TZ9w1g7zHF
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 28, 2025
In a later post citing a poll, Musk wrote, "Polls show that this bill is political suicide for the Republican Party."
CBS News noted:
The criticisms reopen a recent fiery conflict between the former head of the Department of Government Efficiency and the administration he recently left. They also represent yet another headache for Republican Senate leaders who have spent the weekend working overtime to get the legislation through their chamber so it can pass by Mr. Trump's Fourth of July deadline.
Musk previously spent weeks attacking the bill before it went to the Senate, which sparked a battle with President Trump.
Users across social media weighed in on Musk's most recent criticisms.
"I’m pretty sure President Trump knows a little more than running the country and creating jobs than you do. Actually a whole lot more," one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "DISAGREE. Happy that wind & solar are being taxed higher. I’m tired of seeing farmland all around me turn into solar panels. You are being selfish."
It'll be fascinating to see if Musk's latest words spark another argument with the president.
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) isn't having a great year, and his legal issues have continued to mount, except this time he's the one on the complaining end.
According to Breitbart, the California governor is now suing Fox News for a staggering $787 million over what he claims was "deceptive editing" of a phone call he reportedly made during the Los Angeles anti-ICE immigration riots.
The lawsuit, which was just filed on Friday, reportedly involves Fox News host Jesse Watters, who Newsom said lied about his phone calls with President Trump during the protests.
What's most notable about the lawsuit is that it's rare for a politician or public figure to sue a major news outlet as it's a very high bar to prove defamation or slander for high-profile public figures.
Newsom released a statement on the lawsuit, explaining why he decided to file it.
"If Fox News wants to lie to the American people on Donald Trump’s behalf, it should face consequences — just like it did in the Dominion case," Newsom said in a statement to TheWrap.
He added, "I believe the American people should be able to trust the information they receive from a major news outlet. Until Fox is willing to be truthful, I will keep fighting against their propaganda machine."
The California governor held nothing back in announcing the lawsuit on social media, captioning a screenshot of the news article with, "no more lies."
No more lies.
I’m suing Fox News for $787 million.https://t.co/L73VUsPsuB pic.twitter.com/qKoRaxHRDW
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) June 27, 2025
Breitbart noted:
According to the lawsuit, Newsom last spoke to the president on June 7 for about 16 minutes in a call that came a day after President Trump sent 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles to counter protesters amid the anti-ICE demonstrations.
TheWrap wrote, "On June 10, the suit alleges, Trump said he spoke to Newsom 'a day ago,' which Newsom pushed back against. Watters reportedly then asked on air, 'Why would Newsom lie and claim Trump never called him?' while flashing a screenshot of Trump’s June 7 call with Newsom on the screen, which had been obtained by Fox News reporter John Roberts."
Users across social media reacted to the news of Newsom's lawsuit against Fox News.
"When does California get to sue you for the 37 billion taxpayer dollars meant for homelessness you can’t account for?" one X user wrote.
Another X usedr wrote, "Trump should sue Gavin Newsom for the deaths he caused by aiding and abetting criminal illegals and for defamation of course."
Only time will tell if Newsom prevails in the lawsuit.