Is there a threat of a budget freeze in the USA thanks to “co-president” Elon Musk?

Relief for the rich and more debt

It wasn’t until many hours later that Trump spoke to the Vice President J.D. Vance entered the dispute, supported Musk on a broad front and also demanded that the Republican faction in the House of Representatives, which ruled with a narrow majority Debt ceiling for the government until 2027 or 2029. Trump is planning massive tax breaks for the rich and consuming billions of dollars Mass deportations illegal immigrants, both of which would lead to financial bottlenecks and political upheaval with “debt caps”.

To placate Musk and Trump, the No. 3 in the state knitted, Mike JohnsonRepublican Speaker of the House of Representatives, a slimmed-down one in no time Interim budgetwhich would have ensured that the government apparatus would be kept running until March 2025. As expected, in the vote, all Democrats, but also almost 40 Republicans, failed to vote for the bill and thus lost Trump’s support – a severe defeat that could cost Johnson his re-election as “Speaker” at the beginning of January.

“Shadow President” Musk

From a democratic perspective, the current chaos is the first evidence of a deformation of American democracy. The MP wrote on behalf of many colleagues Maxwell Frost from Florida that “an unelected billionaire has been crowned co-president by the Republican Party.” Trump allows his “efficiency advisor” to torpedo legislative processes and threaten to vote out Republican representatives who do not want to comply. Trump, according to several Democratic MPs, is increasingly looking like a puppet with Musk, the “shadow president”, pulling his strings.

Trump noted the atmospheric disturbances. He claims to have given Elon Musk power of attorney in advance for his attack on the state budget. Insiders believe this is an “attempt to save face.”

The fact is that Musk has been “subtly pushing” the president-elect since Trump accepted him into his inner circle. As a reminder: Musk has been asked or unasked for weeks Selection of cabinet members mixed in, on Meeting with heads of state took part and presented himself as a kind of chief executor of the “Make America great again” turnaround announced by Trump.

The Republican scandal MP close to Trump Marjorie Taylor Greene has suggested Musk to replace Johnson as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives. According to the statutes in Congress, this would be possible even though Musk does not have a seat in Congress.