Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) sarcastically highlighted President Trump and billionaire Elon Musk’s apparent rift over the “big, beautiful” spending invoice throughout a listening to Wednesday by posing the question: What’s going to occur to the teenager tech wunderkind infamously often called “Large Balls”?
“Now that the nationwide divorce is going on … Who’s gonna get ‘Large Balls’?” Moskowitz said throughout a Home Oversight panel listening to. “I am fearful about him. The kids all the time get caught within the center.”
“If he is on the market, I simply need him to know we’re rooting for him,” the Florida Democrat added, referring to himself as “additionally a baby of divorce.”
Edward Cortisone, the 19-year-old recognized on-line as “Large Balls,” was brought onto the White Home’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) together with his mentor Musk earlier this yr close to the beginning of Trump’s second presidency. He rapidly drew consideration over his age, the scope of his position in dealing with authorities info and his unconventional on-line moniker.
Cortisone’s account on social platform X is now set to personal. The White Home and federal Workplace of Personnel Administration (OPM) did not instantly reply to The Hill’s queries in regards to the standing of his employment with the federal authorities.
A number of DOGE employees departed the Trump administration along with Musk final week, together with adviser Steve Davis, spokesperson Katie Miller and lawyer James Burnham.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO expressed gratitude to Trump on the finish of his particular authorities worker position however has since emerged as a voracious critic of the Trump-backed GOP megabill that handed the Home final month.
“I am sorry, however I simply can’t stand it anymore. This huge, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending invoice is a disgusting abomination,” Musk posted Tuesday on X, which he additionally owns.
The billionaire continued to blast the invoice urging on-line followers on Wednesday to “Name your Senator, Name your Congressman, Bankrupting America is NOT okay! KILL the BILL.”
The sprawling “One Large Lovely Invoice Act” is now up for consideration within the Senate, the place lawmakers from either side of the aisle have spoken out in opposition to it.