President Trump and Elon Musk said things they probably can’t come back from. They are under stress, attacking each other when the problem is Congress. Trump just posted a message to Elon on TruthSocial. “The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and […] The post Trump Posted a Message to Elon Who Followed Up with a Poll appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

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President Donald Trump continued his tirade against his former senior adviser, Elon Musk, on Thursday, posting on social media that Musk “just went CRAZY!” and threatening to strip government contracts with his companies. Trump posted about Musk on Truth Social as the Tesla and SpaceX owner took to his social media platform, X, to call out the president for pushing the “Big, Beautiful Bill.” The back-and-forth started when Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday that he was “very disappointed” with Musk’s criticism of his signature piece of legislation. “Elon was ‘wearing thin,’ I asked him to leave, I took away his EV Mandate that forced everyone to buy Electric Cars that nobody else wanted (that he knew for months I was going to do!), and he just went CRAZY!” the president wrote. “The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts,” Trump added in a follow-up post. “I was always surprised that Biden didn’t do it!” Musk responded to Trump’s posts, calling them “an obvious lie.” “So sad,” Musk added. Such an obvious lie. So sad. https://t.co/sOu9vqMVfX — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2025 Musk also mocked Trump’s threat to end the government contracts with SpaceX, writing, “This just gets better and better. Go ahead, make my day.” SpaceX holds numerous contracts with the federal government, including for space transportation, satellite launches, and internet services. The federal government recently signed a $13.5 billion contract with SpaceX, along with United Launch Alliance and Blue Origin, to launch sensitive Pentagon satellites into space. Gift Dad an All Access Membership. Use code DAD40 at checkout to save 40%! Musk’s electric vehicle company, Tesla, has also received government contracts and subsidies through the years, raking in over $40 million from the federal government. The fallout between Trump and Musk stems from Musk’s belief that the president’s bill doesn’t do enough to cut waste and fraud in the federal government. He is also concerned about the “Big, Beautiful Bill” adding to the federal deficit. Trump said on Thursday that Musk “only developed the problem [with the bill] when he found out we’re going to have to cut the EV [electric vehicle] mandate,” a claim that Musk denied. “Whatever. Keep the EV/solar incentive cuts in the bill, even though no oil & gas subsidies are touched (very unfair!!), but ditch the MOUNTAIN of DISGUSTING PORK in the bill,” Musk said. “In the entire history of civilization, there has never been legislation that both big and beautiful. Everyone knows this! Either you get a big and ugly bill or a slim and beautiful bill. Slim and beautiful is the way.” Just last week, Trump held a friendly press conference with Musk, announcing his transition away from the White House. During the press conference in the Oval Office, Musk said he would “continue to be visiting here, and be a friend and an adviser to the president.”

On Thursday, President Donald Trump railed against Elon Musk over the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” pinning the tech billionaire’s opposition to its plan to phase out federal electric vehicle tax credits. But is it really to blame? Musk, whose Tesla company sells electric vehicles, “only developed the problem [with the bill] when he found out we’re going to have to cut the EV mandate because that’s billions and billions of dollars,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “And it really is unfair,” Trump said. “We want to have cars of all types — electric — we want to have electric, but we want to have gasoline combustion. We want to have different — we want to have hybrids. … We want to be able to sell everything.” The bill accelerates the phase-out of the $7,500 consumer tax credit for electric vehicles from December 31, 2032, to the end of this year. It also outlines terms for a one-year reprieve, but Tesla has already surpassed the 200,000 sales cap to qualify. In response to Trump, Musk declared that he does not care whether the bill retains cuts for credits on electric vehicles — as well as solar, which is expected to impact the Tesla Energy division with its solar panels and battery storage products. “Keep the EV/solar incentive cuts in the bill, even though no oil & gas subsidies are touched (very unfair!!), but ditch the MOUNTAIN of DISGUSTING PORK in the bill,” Musk said in a post on X. He added, “In the entire history of civilization, there has never been legislation that both big and beautiful. Everyone knows this! Either you get a big and ugly bill or a slim and beautiful bill. Slim and beautiful is the way.” Gift Dad an All Access Membership. Use code DAD40 at checkout to save 40%! Musk also tagged the president in another post, asking if he remembered their joint appearance outside the White House in March, when Trump praised Musk for not complaining that he “ended” the EV mandate. In a post from “Tesla Owners Silicon Valley,” Musk is seen in an old video interview claiming the tax credits actually pose a “competitive disadvantage” for Tesla in comparison to companies that might sell EVs for a much lower price. Last week, as Musk was ending his time helping to oversee the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effort, he started to harshly criticize the legislation — focusing on how it is estimated to inflate the national debt, not the EV credits. Despite the attack on the bill, Musk appeared with Trump in the Oval Office on Friday, getting a warm send-off after completing his stint as a special government employee. “Elon’s really not leaving,” Trump said. “He’s going to be back and forth, I think.”

Whoopi Goldberg came unglued during Thursday’s broadcast of “The View” on ABC, claiming even after living through all eight years of former President Barack Obama’s time in office, people keep telling her America “can’t elect a black man.” Goldberg made the comment while complaining about the fact that, at least in her mind, Governor Wes Moore (D-MD) was not getting the kind of national buzz that she thought he deserved. She began by claiming that she herself was so independent politically that even the term “independent” did not go far enough to describe her. WATCH: What century is Whoopi Goldberg living in?Whoopi whines that no one is taking Maryland Governor Wes Moore (D) seriously for president because, "You can't elect a black man." pic.twitter.com/E8aanz7Qln — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) June 5, 2025 Sunny Hostin began the conversation, saying that Goldberg, to her knowledge, had “been independent for a while.” “There’s no name for what I am,” Goldberg replied, prompting laughter from the audience as she went on to explain her point further. “There’s no name. Because there are some things that fit what I want and some things that don’t. And I am the crazy person who said, ‘Why don’t we have a Democratic president and a Republican vice president?’” Her cohosts recalled that she had, in fact, suggested that arrangement in the past. Gift Dad an All Access Membership. Use code DAD40 at checkout to save 40%! “I believe that the only way to get stuff done is to have both parties represented at the same time — and people keep telling me I’m crazy,” she continued. Goldberg went on to mention Moore, calling him a “perfect candidate” — and cohost Sara Haines agreed, interjecting, “I love Wes Moore.” “But people are saying, ‘You can’t elect a black man,’” Goldberg complained, asking, “Why not?” Her cohosts pointed out that the United States had elected a black man — former President Obama — twice, and while Goldberg conceded the point, she claimed that had done nothing to deter the people who continued to tell her that such a thing could not be done.

The Supreme Court on Thursday tossed a lawsuit by the Mexican government against United States gun manufacturers. The unanimous court decision found that Mexico did not prove a link between the gun manufacturers and cartel violence in Mexico. Justice Elena Kagan wrote the 9-0 opinion in the case known as Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos. “Mexico alleges that the companies aided and abetted unlawful sales routing guns to Mexican drug cartels. The question presented is whether Mexico’s complaint plausibly pleads that conduct. We conclude it does not,” Kagan wrote. Lawyers for the Mexican government argued that gun makers in the United States sold firearms to “rogue dealers” who in turn sold guns illegally to Mexican gun traffickers to eventually end up in the possession of cartels. The cartels have used those firearms to do damage to the Mexican government. Mexico’s argument failed due to a lack of specificity and linkage between the gun manufacturers and the “rogue dealers.” “To begin, the complaint sets for itself a high bar. It does not pinpoint, as most aiding-and-abetting claims do, any specific criminal transactions that the defendants (allegedly) assisted. Instead, it levels a more general accusation: that all the manufacturers assist some number of unidentified rogue dealers in violation of various legal bars. The systemic nature of that charge cannot help but heighten Mexico’s burden. To survive, it must be backed by plausible allegations of pervasive, systemic, and culpable assistance,” Kagan wrote. Gift Dad an All Access Membership. Use code DAD40 at checkout to save 40%! “Mexico’s lead claim — that the manufacturers elect to sell guns to, among others, known rogue dealers — fails to clear that bar,” she continued. “For one thing, it is far from clear that such behavior, without more, could ever count as aiding and abetting under the Court’s precedents. And in any event, Mexico has not said enough to make its allegations on this point plausible: It does not confront that the manufacturers do not directly supply any dealers, and its complaint does not name alleged bad-apple dealers or provide grounds for thinking that anyone up the supply chain often acquires that information.” In recent months, President Donald Trump has ramped up pressure on Mexico to crack down on drug cartels across the country. The cartels have long served as human traffickers fomenting illegal immigration and drug traffic into the United States. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has shown some willingness to work with Trump on the cartel issue after the United States placed significant tariffs on Mexican goods, arguing that Mexico’s handling of drug cartels and immigration constituted a severe national security risk to the United States.

The attorney representing Mohamed Sabry Soliman — the terrorist charged with firebombing a peaceful pro-Israel demonstration in Boulder, Colorado — was reportedly barred from practicing law just six years earlier over what was described as “misconduct concerning an immigration matter.” The Federalist’s Sean Davis shared the story in a post on X, explaining that attorney Susanna Dvortsin had been reprimanded by the South Dakota Supreme Court and barred from practicing law in that state in 2019. “Guess who was banned from practicing law in 2019 for immigration misconduct? The attorney for the illegal immigrant family of the Egyptian terrorist who set a bunch of Jews on fire in Colorado.” In 2019, the South Dakota Supreme Court prohibited Susanna Dvortsin from practicing law in the state due to ‘misconduct concerning an immigration matter,’” Davis began. “The U.S. Department of Justice went even further in 2019 and banned Dvortsin from practicing law before the Department of Homeland Security,” he added. The statement from the Justice Department read, “[Dvortsin] is immediately suspended from the practice of law before the Board [of Immigration Appeals], the Immigration Courts, or the DHS.” Guess who was banned from practicing law in 2019 for immigration misconduct? The attorney for the illegal immigrant family of the Egyptian terrorist who set a bunch of Jews on fire in Colorado. In 2019, the South Dakota Supreme Court prohibited Susanna Dvortsin from practicing… pic.twitter.com/cUgJVnjmK0 — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) June 5, 2025 Davis included a screenshot of a news story revealing that Dvortsin was the attorney representing Soliman and his family as President Donald Trump’s administration attempts to prosecute Soliman and facilitate the deportation of the rest of his family. Gift Dad an All Access Membership. Use code DAD40 at checkout to save 40%! He also included a screenshot of  the decision rendered by the Board of Immigration Appeals, which did not detail the nature of the “misconduct,” but affirmed the South Dakota Supreme Court’s ruling to bar her from practicing for 115 days and stated that she should also be barred from practicing law before the Board, DHS, or Immigration Courts. The order also stated that Dvortsin was to notify all parties in any pending cases set to go before those designated bodies of her suspension.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino intends to release surveillance footage showing Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide in federal custody, but many Americans remain skeptical despite the bureau’s definitive conclusion. Epstein is the only person seen on surveillance video entering or exiting his cell during the relevant time period. A 2023 DOJ report found “numerous serious failures” by prison staff, including falsified records and negligence. FBI Announces Plans to Release Surveillance Footage FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino has announced plans to release video footage that officials say will prove disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in federal custody. The move comes amid persistent conspiracy theories surrounding Epstein’s 2019 death at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. According to Bongino, the video evidence clearly shows Epstein was alone in his cell during the relevant timeframe, with no other individuals entering or exiting the area where he was held. “There’s video clear as day,” Bongino said in an interview on Fox & Friends. “He’s the only person in there and the only person coming out. You can see it.” BREAKING Just released by @FBIDDBongino and @FBIDirectorKash the previously unknown video of Jeffrey Epstein sleeping alone in his cell the day he died PROVING he did not commit suicide. Haters will say it is AI but don't be fooled and totally trust us bro: pic.twitter.com/7x8eAzzYj4 — Brian Ference (@BrianFerence1) June 2, 2025 Evidence Supports Suicide Conclusion The FBI has been emphatic that all available evidence points to suicide. Bongino stressed there is nothing in the bureau’s files suggesting Epstein’s death occurred in any other manner. The video to be released reportedly shows Epstein making a phone call and guards conducting periodic checks over a 12-hour period. While Bongino acknowledged the video quality is “not the greatest in the world,” he maintained it provides sufficient evidence to confirm Epstein was alone when he died. “The evidence we have in our files clearly indicates that it was, in fact, a suicide. We do have video. It’s not the greatest video in the world. I don’t want to set expectations on fire. However, the video does show that in that specific block, he goes in and makes a phone call; you’ll see 12 hours of guards going in to basically check on him and come back. You’ll see nobody really comes out of that bay in that area other than him. There’s no one in there.” – Dan Bongino The bureau plans to release both the original footage and an enhanced version to avoid accusations of tampering. Bongino has also directly challenged conspiracy theorists, stating, “I say to people, if you have a tip, let us know. But there’s no DNA, there’s no audio, there are no fingerprints, there are no suspects, there are no accomplices, and there are no tips. There is nothing. If you have it, I’m happy to see it.” Dan Bongino says the FBI will release video showing Epstein was alone in his cell, confirming he took his own life. He claims there’s no evidence of foul play—no suspects, no DNA, no fingerprints, and no accomplices. pic.twitter.com/aS5M9X3Pmu — David Nino Rodriguez (@ninoboxer) May 29, 2025 Prison Failures Contributed to Suicide Opportunity A 2023 Department of Justice Inspector General report identified significant institutional failures that enabled Epstein’s suicide. The investigation found that MCC New York staff failed to conduct required rounds and counts, falsified records claiming these checks had been performed, and left Epstein unmonitored in his cell with excessive bed linens from 10:40 p.m. on August 9 until his death was discovered the next morning. Additionally, staff failed to ensure Epstein had a cellmate after a previous suicide watch incident. The report also highlighted long-standing operational challenges at the facility, including staffing shortages and management failures. Two MCC New York employees were charged with falsifying records, but these charges were dismissed after the employees complied with deferred prosecution agreements. The facility’s security camera system was not fully functional, resulting in limited recorded video evidence – a factor that has fueled public skepticism about the official account of Epstein’s death. Persistent Public Skepticism Despite multiple investigations all reaching the same conclusion, conspiracy theories about Epstein’s death continue to circulate widely. The theories are fueled in part by Epstein’s connections to powerful figures, the nature of his crimes, and the significant prison security failures documented in the DOJ report. The FBI’s decision to release the surveillance footage represents an effort to address public skepticism with direct evidence, though it remains to be seen whether this will be sufficient to convince those who remain doubtful of the official account. The DOJ Inspector General made eight recommendations to improve Bureau of Prisons management following the investigation, all of which the BOP agreed to implement. These reforms aim to address the systemic failures that contributed to the circumstances enabling Epstein’s suicide while in federal custody. Sources: FBI says it will release video that officials say prove Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide DOJ OIG Releases Report on the BOP’s Custody, Care, and Supervision of Jeffrey Epstein at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York, New York

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