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Elon Musk derides Donald Trump’s tax bill as ‘a disgusting abomination’
Billionaire lashes out just as US president urges Senate to pass his ‘big, beautiful’ fiscal plan
Elon Musk lashed out at Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill on Tuesday, describing it as a ‘disgusting abomination’© AFP/Getty Images
Elon Musk has lambasted Donald Trump’s signature tax bill, calling it “a disgusting abomination”, in an outburst that threatens to destroy the relationship between the US president and his billionaire backer.
In a series of posts on his social media site X on Tuesday, Musk, who abruptly left the administration last week, hit out at what he called a “massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill”.
He added: “Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.”
Musk’s comments came just hours after Trump had criticised Republican Senator Rand Paul, a staunch fiscal conservative, for his opposition to the proposed legislation, which the president described as a “BIG GROWTH BILL” on his social media platform.
The legislation, which Trump had coined his “big, beautiful bill”, passed the House last month by one vote and is currently being considered by the Senate. It has been criticised by fiscal hawks for adding trillions to the national debt when investors are already worried about the US’s widening deficit.
Supporters of Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) have also criticised the bill, claiming it would undo some of the initiative’s savings.
Asked about Musk’s latest comments, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said: “Look, the president already knows where Elon Musk stood on this bill. It doesn’t change the president’s opinion. This is one big, beautiful bill, and he’s sticking to it.”
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Proper headline:
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Nah don’t try to discredit Musk. It’s much more fun to watch the right Splinter and in-fight.
Let the tech bros believe he’s super smart and let them fight it out with the MAGA cult
“How dare Trump do exactly what I supported him for???”
Too bad for Fascist #2, his reputation is already in ruins amongst the consumer base he needs to court, and no amount of backtracking will save him.
Elon decided he needs to sell some Teslas
It’s official. Musk lasted until June. Who had 6 months?
Wow, that’s approximately 16 Mooches!
Takes an abomination to know an abomination.
He’s like “I’m not a nazi, I promise! You saw my actions but please listen to my empty words.”
lol it was about time these two man children started fighting over their toys
Musk is about to be DOGEd. We expect that trump is going to launch several investigations and find a lot of fraud relating to musk’s government contracts. 🍿time.
It does take one to know one…
Too late now, you fuck! Damage is done, better sell thay yacht
