Elon Musk Backs Call For President Trump’s Impeachment Amid Feud

Elon Musk, Billionaire tech mogul has openly backed a call for the impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump, intensifying a growing war of words between the once-allied figures.

The dispute, now spilling across social media and mainstream headlines, centres on Trump’s controversial budget bill and Musk’s allegations of political ingratitude.

On Thursday, Musk endorsed a call by right-wing writer Ian Miles Cheong for Trump’s impeachment and for U.S. Senator JD Vance to replace him.

“President vs Elon. Who wins? My money’s on Elon. Trump should be impeached and JD Vance should replace him,” Cheong posted on Musk’s social platform, X.

“Yes,” Musk replied about 20 minutes later.

The public endorsement comes as Musk has repeatedly criticised Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” — a sweeping budget measure that extends Trump-era tax cuts and allocates $46.5 billion for additional U.S.-Mexico border barriers.

“This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination,” Musk wrote on X earlier this week. “Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.”

He further warned the bill would worsen the U.S. fiscal outlook.

He said the bill would “massively increase the already gigantic budget deficit to $2.5 trillion and burden American citizens with crushingly unsustainable debt”.

The tension between Musk and Trump escalated after Trump expressed disappointment in Musk’s vocal criticism.

“I’m very disappointed because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here,” Trump told reporters during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. “All of a sudden he had a problem.”

But Musk sharply disputed Trump’s remarks: “False, this bill was never shown to me even once and was passed in the dead of night so fast that almost no one in Congress could even read it!”

In a further rebuke, Musk suggested Trump owes him political gratitude: “Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House, and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate,” Musk posted on X. “Such ingratitude.”

The tech billionaire had recently resigned from an advisory role within the Trump administration, citing disagreements over the budget and governance priorities. While Musk remains supportive of certain U.S. government efforts, he has championed aggressive cuts to federal spending — an agenda that has sparked protests and political controversy nationwide.