Speaker Mike Johnson took clear sides Sunday in President Donald Trump’s breakup with mega-billionaire Elon Musk.

President Donald Trump said billionaire Elon Musk would face “serious consequences” if he threw his support behind Democrats running against Republican backers of the so-called Big Beautiful Bill. Trump issued the threat in a phone interview with NBC on Saturday,

They’re the Washington couple at the center of power in the Trump administration. They’re also straddling opposing sides of an explosive breakup between President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk.

"They've been under incredible stress for five months, give them a break," Errol Musk said while attending a forum by Putin's ultranationalist ally in Moscow.

Musk conducted a poll via his social media platform X (formerly Twitter), asking his 220 million followers: “Is it time to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the middle?” The public results show that around 80% of respondents voted yes.