Tech mogul Elon Musk changed his cellphone number and stopped returning Mike Johnson’s texts after throwing a titanic fit about the costs included in Republicans’ massive tax-and-spending bill, the House speaker revealed on the latest episode of “Pod Force One,” out Wednesday.

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Musk, who earlier advocated for cryptocurrencies, has confirmed that the political party would embrace Bitcoin as "fiat is hopeless," as he claimed. Notably, Tesla holds 11,509 BTC worth more than $1.25 billion on its balance sheet, making it the eighth-largest public Bitcoin corporate treasury.

Billionaire businessman Elon Musk is steadily expanding his influence in Texas politics, with his companies deploying more lobbyists at the Texas Capitol this year than in any year since 2021—spending tens of thousands of dollars on lawmakers and their staff in the process.

Linda Yaccarino, who joined the social media company in 2023, said she had decided to step down as chief executive after a “historic turnaround” for the company, which was snapped up by Mr Musk in a $44bn (£32bn) deal in 2022.

The news comes as Musk's SpaceX company reportedly contributed $2 billion to last months's $10 billion xAI fundraising consisting of equal parts equity and debt.

Yet another top executive has now departed Tesla as the company’s market standing continues to take a pounding amid its wayward CEO’s foray into far-right politics. Troy Jones, vice president of sales for North America,