But before Bocelli, first, Elon Musk vs Donald Trump. This public squabble between them seems to be escalating, mostly spurred by Musk . A day after using his vast social media reach to brand the bill a “disgusting abomination,” he posted more than two dozen messages on X on Wednesday attacking the legislation, as well as urging his followers to call Congress and “KILL the BILL. ” All of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office studies support Musk. Said Senator Rand Paul: “I think Congress is sort of like a bad behaving teenager when it comes to spending,” Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, one of the Republicans threatening to vote against the bill, told TIME on Wednesday. “If you had a teenager that you were giving $100 a week and they wasted all of it on gambling or on booze, would you give them $200?” What seems to be bothering Musk is the effect some of these Trump cuts will have on his solar and battery enterprises. This feud is also affecting Tes...

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