US EditionMusk calls Trump's mega tax and spending bill a "disgusting abomination"
- Elon Musk sharply criticized the House-passed tax and spending bill on Tuesday, calling it a "disgusting abomination" in a post on X.
- The legislation, called the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' Act, aims to increase the borrowing limit by $4 trillion while supporting Trump's policy priorities, including the continuation of the 2017 tax cuts.
- Despite supporting the Trump administration previously, Musk warned the legislation would massively increase the federal budget deficit to $2.5 trillion and burden citizens with unsustainable debt.
- Elon Musk harshly criticized the House budget bill, describing it as an enormous, wasteful package filled with unnecessary spending, and condemned those who supported it by saying they knew their actions were wrong.
- Musk’s criticism prompted reactions from both supporters and critics of the bill, with the White House press office defending it and House Speaker Mike Johnson labeling Musk’s view as "terribly wrong," underscoring the ongoing debate over the bill’s financial consequences.
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Musk gets it right: The big beautiful budget bill is a bust
For the first time in a long time, we find ourselves in agreement with Elon Musk, the drug-addled former DOGE commissar who last week left the federal government and now calls Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” budget a “disgusting abomination.” Musk’s concerns are not the bill’s slashing of important programs, but its bloat, which the Congressional Budget Office estimated would add a staggering $2.4 trillion to the deficit. He might have arri…
Stephen Colbert Guesses Why Elon Musk Turned on Trump and It's Exactly What You Think
Stephen Colbert broke the news to his audience during his monologue on Wednesday’s “The Late Show” that “the thinkable happened” between Elon Musk and Donald Trump this week. “There’s now trouble brewing between the president and former first buddy, Elon Musk, no, no, I’m beginning. I’m starting to worry that two narcissistic megalomaniacs with a total inability to see value in other humans might have a hard time making friends,” Colbert joked. …
Elon Musk is critical of Trump's major bill and warns that it could increase the US budget deficit.
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