Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk piggybacked on President-elect Donald Trump's full-throated endorsement of House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Monday, taking to his social media platform hours later to add his "full support."
Musk's post, coming hours after Trump gave the embattled Johnson his "complete and total endorsement," comes days ahead of the House election for speaker. The endorsements could help to shore up support of some House Republicans who have been noncommittal about reelecting Johnson as speaker.
In a post to X, Musk responded to Johnson thanking Trump for the support.
"I feel the same way! You have my full support," Musk posted.
Johnson's handling of the stopgap funding bill ahead of the Dec. 21 deadline turned off many House Republicans and enraged conservatives.
It took the House three tries to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government through March 14 and the final version still fell flat with House conservatives who raged against the spending levels.
One House Republican, Kentucky's Thomas Massie, has vowed to vote against Johnson and many have been noncommittal about Friday's vote. And with a 219-215 majority, Johnson can't afford any more defections.
Even Trump had seemingly cooled on Johnson during the stopgap negotiations, as the speaker worked with Democrats to get votes to keep open the federal government. Musk was the first to come out against the first iteration of the continuing resolution, slamming Johnson for adding hundreds of billions in new spending that Democrats wanted.
The final version also did not raise the debt limit ceiling that Trump had demanded.
But Trump clearly put all that aside with his post to Truth Social on Monday morning.
"Speaker Mike Johnson is a good, hard working, religious man. He will do the right thing, and we will continue to WIN. Mike has my Complete & Total Endorsement. MAGA!!!" Trump posted.
Mark Swanson ✉
Mark Swanson, a Newsmax writer and editor, has nearly three decades of experience covering news, culture and politics.
© 2025 Newsmax. All rights reserved.