WATCH: Republican senators react to Elon v. Trump feud: ‘He’s not the CEO here’

Republican senators John Cornyn of Texas and Roger Marshall of Kansas shared their thoughts connected the sudden, escalating feud betwixt Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, with 1 legislator saying Musk needs to recognize "he’s not the CEO here."

After denying "outlandish" Democratic claims that the Trump-backed "big, beauteous bill" would effect successful cuts to Medicaid and SNAP benefits if passed, Cornyn addressed whether helium believes Trump is omniscient to endanger to cancel each of Musk’s companies’ authorities contracts.

Musk and Trump person been locked successful an escalating war of words implicit their disagreement astir the president’s projected fund bill, which is being considered by the Senate.

In an X station Tuesday, Musk said: "I’m sorry, but I conscionable can’t basal it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending measure is simply a disgusting abomination. Shame connected those who voted for it: you cognize you did wrong. You cognize it." 

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Republican senators John Cornyn of Texas and Roger Marshall of Kansas shared their thoughts connected the sudden, escalating feud betwixt Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, with 1 legislator saying Musk needs to recognize "he’s not the CEO here." (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images (Trump) AP/Evan Vucci (Musk) AP Photo/Ben Curtis (Cornyn) Nicholas Ballasy/Fox News Digital (Marshall))

Musk past asserted Thursday day that Trump "is successful the Epstein files" and "that is the existent crushed they person not been made public."

Meanwhile, Trump has said Musk is "wearing thin" during his enactment astatine DOGE and asserted helium "asked him to leave."

"I took distant his EV Mandate that forced everyone to bargain Electric Cars that cipher other wanted (that helium knew for months I was going to do!), and helium conscionable went CRAZY!" Trump said connected Truth Social.

The president besides said Thursday "the easiest mode to prevention wealth successful our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts.

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Elon Musk receives a aureate cardinal from President Donald Trump successful the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, D.C., May 30, 2025.  (Reuters/Nathan Howard)

"I was ever amazed that Biden didn't do it!"

Cornyn stopped abbreviated of criticizing either side, telling Fox News Digital Musk "has done a large work to the nation" and "I'm grateful to President Trump for bringing him connected committee and initiating DOGE."

Even done Musk’s spat with the president, Cornyn said the Department of Government Efficiency is "going to present beryllium a imperishable portion of our discussions up here."

"Everybody believes, oregon understands, I should say, that the national authorities is excessively large and excessively bloated and inefficient, and Elon and DOGE was precise effective, I thought, astatine pointing retired immoderate of the astir egregious examples of that," the Texas Republican said.

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Even done Musk’s spat with the president, Sen. John Cornyn said the Department of Government Efficiency is "going to present beryllium a imperishable portion of our discussions up here." (Reuters)

Marshall responded to the contention by telling Fox News Digital, "We admit what Elon did for the government, but it's clip to determination on.

"What Elon doesn't recognize is that he's not the CEO here.

"Working for Congress, moving for the radical backmost location is truthful overmuch antithetic than being a CEO. [When] you're a CEO, you archer radical jump, they say, ‘How precocious bash you got to go?’ But President Trump is moving with a board."

Marshall described the president’s relation arsenic "working with a committee of a large business."

"There's 435 crossed the Capitol mode here. There's 100 successful the Senate. We've each got opinions. And, close now, this bill, I deliberation 90% of the folks up here, Republicans, thinks that it's wherever it needs to be," helium said.

Though acknowledging "there's opportunities for improvement" and "I hold with Elon that we're inactive spending excessively overmuch money, that we request much cuts, I've learned a agelong clip agone to enactment locked successful connected my goal. And I americium locked successful connected getting this 1 big, beauteous measure crossed the line."

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U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., responded to the contention by telling Fox News Digital, "We admit what Elon did for the government, but it's clip to determination on." (Getty Images)

"I tin warrant you we're not paying immoderate attraction to this small feud going on," helium concluded.

Regarding Democratic accusations that the measure volition drastically chopped Medicaid and SNAP benefits, Marshall said, "We’re going to bash the close thing, but support it for those who request it the most."

He posited that the Medicaid strategy is rife with amerciable aliens and different individuals utilizing the programme "fraudulently."

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Addressing the remainder of those not utilizing the strategy fraudulently, the legislator said, "We're not going to instrumentality grandma retired of the nursing home. We're going to marque definite that she has her Medicaid.

"Persons with disabilities, I volition combat to support their Medicaid for them, children arsenic well. But, connected the different hand, there's astir apt 7 cardinal steadfast American men retired there, moving age, that truly should beryllium moving and not connected Medicaid, not connected nutrient stamps," helium added. "So, let's assistance those radical get a job."