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The situation escalated significantly after House Speaker Mike Johnson prepared to secure bipartisan backing for a spending bill. Musk’s intervention dismantled those efforts when he labeled the plan a "crime" on social media. Following Musk, Trump took a more aggressive approach, insisting that Republicans add a stipulation to raise the national debt ceiling as part of their proposal. This requirement evidently complicates matters even further, as Trump is keen to avoid a contentious debate over the debt ceiling when he takes office next year.