Wednesday, June 4, 2025 - Billionaire Elon Musk has criticised the megabill of President Donald Trump’s tax cut and spending priorities, calling the legislation a “disgusting abomination.
“I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive,
outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting
abomination,” Musk posted Tuesday on his social platform X.
“Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong.
You know it,” Musk added.
The legislation, officially titled the “One Big Beautiful
Bill,” extends Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and boosts funding for border and defense
priorities, while making cuts to spending on social safety net programs such as
Medicaid and food aid. It passed the House last month and is being
considered by the Senate, which is expected to make tweaks to
the legislation.
The comments come after top Republicans, including
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), pushed back on Musk telling “CBS News
Sunday Morning” last week that the bill “undermined” the work of the
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which he spearheaded.
Johnson said in interviews on Fox News and NBC News in the
following days that he had sent a “long text” to Musk explaining the provisions
in the bill — which is not a regular whole-of-government spending bill, but one
that can move through a special “reconciliation” process that bypasses a
Democratic filibuster in the Senate.
Johnson has also pledged to quickly move on a $9.4 billion
package to codify DOGE cuts to the United States Agency for International
Development, and public broadcasting. The White House is sending that package
to the Senate on Tuesday.
“It will massively increase the already gigantic budget
deficit to $2.5 trillion (!!!) and burden America [sic] citizens with
crushingly unsustainable debt,” Musk said in a follow-up post.
White House press secretary Karoline
Leavitt responded to Musk from the podium.
“The president already knows where Elon Musk stood on this
bill. It doesn’t change the president’s opinion,” Leavitt said.
Musk last week stepped back from his role as a special government employee.
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