US EditionMusk calls Trump's mega tax and spending bill a "disgusting abomination"
- Elon Musk criticized President Trump's large tax and spending bill as a "disgusting abomination" in early June 2025 across social media platforms including X.
- Following his recent departure from the Department of Government Efficiency, Musk sharply criticized the administration's budget bill, expressing disappointment over increased national debt and the elimination of incentives that had supported Tesla's electric vehicles.
- The narrowly approved legislation in the House is expected to increase the national debt by an estimated $2.5 trillion to as much as $3.8 trillion and removes subsidies for electric vehicles and renewable energy, a move that Elon Musk has criticized.
- Musk posted on X: "Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong," warning the bill would impose crushingly unsustainable debt and calling for voters to fire betraying politicians in 2026.
- The White House defended the bill as "One Big Beautiful Bill," while GOP leaders continue Senate negotiations despite Musk's public dissent, signaling tensions within Trump's business support base.
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Elon Musk hates Trump's big beautiful bill. A-list economists weigh in as Musk rebels.
Donald Trump and Elon MuskBrandon Bell/Pool via APElon Musk has emerged as a highly vocal critic of Trump's "big beautiful bill."The sweeping budget proposal could add $2.4 trillion to the US deficit, the the CBO said this week.Here's what top economists have been saying about the legislation.Elon Musk has departed his role as a "special government employee" in Trump's White House — and he's using his time outside the administration to hammer th…
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 is pissed because he thinks Trump screwed him. Here’s how.
After tech billionaire Elon Musk slammed President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” as a “disgusting abomination” on Tuesday, he has continued to rally against the multitrillion-dollar package on social media.
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...
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has raised waves in the financial world after openly criticizing Donald Trump’s fiscal legislation. According to the original report, the mogul has called the legislation “a disgusting aberration” on his social media platform X. It is not only the market that is paying attention, but also President Trump himself, who declared that Musk is upset because the law will end with the electric vehicle mandate. Tesla’s actions, …
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