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Musk retweeted a tweet on social media that Musk had retweeted Trump's 2012-13 social tweets. Trump previously said: "If the US budget is not balanced (no deficits are allowed), no member of Congress should be eligible for re-election!" Musk wrote: "Where is the person who wrote these words back then? Has he been replaced by a double?" Musk also launched a voting campaign on social media: "Is it time to create a new party in America that truly represents the middle 80%?"
Musk retweeted reports that Trump had previously spoken out for him, and @Trump X account, "Remember?" In early March, Trump reportedly spoke out for Musk while checking out Tesla cars outside the White House: "I ended the electric car injunction and Musk never complained to me. Who would do that? Musk never asked me for anything. He built a great company and shouldn't be punished. He's a patriot. I don't even know if he's a Republican."
Musk retweeted a Department of Government Effectiveness (DOGE) tweet, which noted that the US Treasury processed 116 million paper checks in fiscal year 2024, and that in fiscal year 2023, $25 billion in tax refunds were delayed or lost due to checks being returned or expired, eliminating paper checks would save at least $750 million per year. In response, Binance Lianchuang CZ responded: "Blockchain...."
