Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) delivered a stern message to President Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk on Friday amid their dramatic fallout — a message from Grassley’s wife, that is.
“I just heard Barbara Grassley say this disagreement and arguments btwn musk and Trump must end I know she loves both musk and Pres Trump,” the 91-year-old senator wrote on social platform X, using his notable shorthand and clunky punctuation.
“I’d advise u to follow her advice,” he added.
Chuck and Barbara Grassley, 93, have been married for 71 years.
Grassley, the dean of the Senate who has been in the upper chamber for more than four decades, is the latest lawmaker to chime in on the intense feud between the president and the tech mogul, which erupted Thursday with threats and personal attacks.
Much of the back-and-forth started after the Tesla CEO voiced criticism of the House GOP’s “big, beautiful” spending package — a sprawling megabill full of Trump’s domestic agenda. Musk called the legislation “pork-filled” and a “disgusting abomination,” pointing to increased deficit spending.
“I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination,” Musk posted Tuesday on his social platform X.
His comments came just a week after the billionaire ended his role as a White House special government employee and chief adviser of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
While the legislation narrowly passed the GOP-controlled House last month, the tax and spending measure is now under review in the Senate.
Both Musk and Trump appeared to lower the heat on their rapid-fire attacks against each other early Friday, with Trump insisting that he was “not even thinking about Elon.”
Musk also seemingly cosigned a social media post that said the two are “stronger together.”
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