Amid the ongoing feud between President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, some Democrats are advocating for courting Musk as an ally — a move that demonstrates the willingness of some members of the party to compromise principles to win elections.

Over the past week, Musk has openly and frequently criticized Trump’s budget proposal — the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill,” which includes a redistribution of wealth from the poor to the wealthy and huge cuts to social programs that will likely devastate millions of Americans . While Musk has not criticized it for those negative impacts, he has called the budget bill a “disgusting abomination” and said voters should “fire all politicians” who support it.

During a presser in the White House on Thursday, Trump expressed dismay at Musk

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