On Fox News Thursday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich pushed back against media portrayals of a supposed power struggle between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, arguing the press has fundamentally misunderstood the dynamic and Musk’s place in it.

A feud between Trump and Musk escalated Thursday as the two traded attacks and financial threats in a public clash. During an appearance on “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Gingrich dismissed the idea that Musk’s influence poses any serious challenge to Trump’s authority or political capital.

“It’s a public relations struggle. There’s no power struggle here. One of them is president. The other one isn’t president. And I think that’s part of what the media doesn’t quite get,” Gingrich said. “And I think it’s part of what frustrates Elon Musk is that, you know, he has a fairly high sense of himself and should. I mean, I think he’s a brilliant guy. I think the things he’s done are remarkable.”

Gingrich suggested that the dispute would likely fade within days, as Trump remains focused on more pressing national priorities.

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“You know, Henry Ford didn’t end up running the country. Thomas Edison didn’t end up running the country. And, in fact, in the end, Elon Musk is not going to end up running the country,” Gingrich said. “So I think probably things will calm down over the next two or three days. Trump has a lot of really serious things to do. And placating Musk is probably down around number 27 on the list.”

As for Musk’s claim that Trump’s “big beautiful bill” doesn’t actually cut the national debt, Gingrich wasn’t buying it. Gingrich reminded viewers of his own record balancing the budget for four consecutive years during the 1990s. (RELATED: Newt Gingrich Makes His Case For Replacing ‘Profoundly Wrong’ Congressional Budget Office)

“It’s baloney. This bill does more to turn the curve on spending. Look, as you know, I am the only speaker to have helped balance the budget for four years in the last century,” Gingrich said. “So I have some notion of how you do this. This is the first step. It’s not the last step. It’s an important first step. It creates economic growth, which, if the Congressional Budget Office wasn’t a bastion of idiotic left-wing thinking by itself, the economic growth would virtually pay for the bill.”

Gingrich highlighted what he said were major reductions in domestic spending and praised the bill’s Medicaid reforms.

“It has a substantial cut in domestic spending in a very large way. It reforms Medicaid in a very positive way. And I think Musk probably ought to get a briefing on the real bill rather than his personality feelings,” Gingrich said.

Trump said Musk only soured on his bill after discovering it eliminated electric vehicle mandates. Musk responded on X, saying he never reviewed the legislation and claimed it was pushed through Congress without transparency.

Following his 2024 victory, Trump tapped Musk to head the Department of Government Efficiency, where he was charged with cutting federal waste. Musk said in late May that his temporary role had concluded, ending a contentious stint marked by sharp backlash from Democrats—particularly after his office moved to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development.

[H/T The Daily Caller]