Musk Backs Government Shutdown, Calling US Funding Deal ‘Crime’

Elon Musk urged lawmakers to shut down the federal government rather than accept a deal House Speaker Mike Johnson struck to temporarily fund operations, fueling opposition among congressional Republicans.

The public attack from the world’s richest man and close adviser to President-elect Donald Trump complicates the path forward for Johnson, who negotiated the package with Democrats ahead of a Friday deadline.

Musk, the country’s largest political donor, put House Republicans on notice that they risk becoming a target if they support the deal, declaring any lawmaker who does so should be voted out of office in two years.

“The ...