Far-right activist Laura Loomer took a victory lap against tech billionaire Elon Musk after President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” passed the Senate on Thursday, sending the signature legislation to the his desk.

At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in February, Musk pranced around on stage with a chain saw he received from Argentina‘s President Javier Milei. The chain saw became a political lightning rod after Musk declared it was "the chainsaw for bureaucracy."

Elon Musk said that brandishing a chainsaw onstage in February probably wasn't such a good idea. Musk — who's been on a tear criticizing President Donald Trump's spending bill — was posting on X about the debt ceiling on Tuesday.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday reflected on his decision to wield a chain saw on stage in February to tout government spending cuts, saying the move “lacked empathy.” Musk’s remark came in response to criticism from a social media user who pushed back on Musk’s claim that “Hitting the debt ceiling is the