OPINION:
President Trump and Elon Musk are mending fences. It wasn’t much of a surprise when the two strong-willed billionaires clashed a week ago, but the source of the split was a bit puzzling. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which passed the House and is now being considered in the Senate, triggered the Tesla founder.
“I regret some of my posts about Mr. Trump last week. They went too far,” Mr. Musk conceded on X.
The former head of the Department of Government Efficiency was salty about the big spending levels that established Uncle Sam’s overall funding targets. He is not wrong; the proposal allows for outlays far beyond revenue. Yet, that’s half of the story. Republican leaders have always planned to return with rescissions and impoundment to pare back the extravagance.
Mr. Musk puts too much faith in Congressional Budget Office scoring. The agency’s accountants assigned a $3.5