US EditionMusk calls Trump's mega tax and spending bill a "disgusting abomination"
- Elon Musk criticized the House passing on May 22, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill, a $4 trillion spending and debt ceiling bill tied to Trump's agenda.
- Musk, once allied with Trump and a former White House efficiency official, condemned the bill for containing massive spending and worsening the $2.5 trillion deficit.
- The bill codifies the 2017 tax cuts, authorizes $4 trillion in spending, and faces critique for back-loaded offsets and insufficient budget cuts under $2 trillion.
- Elon Musk criticized the House budget bill on X, describing it as an enormous and shameful package riddled with excessive spending, and condemned those who supported it by saying they acted wrongly.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson defended the bill as fulfilling Trump’s agenda and expressed disappointment over Musk’s harsh critique despite their friendship.
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Musk is right: Trump bill is an abomination
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has largely over-promised and under-delivered. We won’t take sides on whether certain cuts and his shuttering of agencies are good or bad — we will only say that Musk likely bit off more than he could chew. He first promised to cut federal spending by $2 trillion, then $1 trillion, then $150 billion. But even that last, greatly scaled-down number is suspect. Such is the reality when you appr…
Elon Musk, a friend of the White House until last week, is firmly attacking the budget bill Trump wants. A bill that is also difficult to...
Musk, GOP hardliners ramp up attacks on Trump tax and spending bill | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
WASHINGTON >> Hardline conservative Republicans in the U.S. Senate and billionaire Elon Musk showed no sign of softening opposition to President Donald Trump’s tax-cut and spending bill on Wednesday, as they pushed for deeper reductions in government outlays.
Musk Outbursts Reveal a Deeper Rift in MAGA
The deepening split between Elon Musk and the Trump administration speaks to broader divisions within an increasingly shell-shocked GOP. Musk, who left the White House only last week, has since denounced Donald Trump’s hodgepodge budget bill – the so-called Big Beautiful Bill – as a ‘disgusting abomination’, as it will add almost $4 trillion to the federal deficit.Peter Navarro, a ‘moron’, reflecting the gulf between the populists and the oligar…
Billionaire assures that legislation would increase America’s budget deficit and burden Americans with debt
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