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Less than a week aft leaving his presumption arsenic caput of the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk is calling connected Americans to impulse their senators and representatives to "kill" the "big, beautiful" fund measure backed by President Donald Trump.
Musk has grown progressively captious of Trump’s "big, beauteous bill,, claiming that if passed, it would summation the U.S. fund shortage by $5 billion.
On Wednesday afternoon, Musk posted an representation of the 2003 Uma Thurman movie "Kill Bill," appearing to notation his telephone to nix the Trump-backed bill.
"We request a caller measure that doesn’t turn the deficit," Musk said connected X.
In different post, Musk urged: "Call your Senator, Call your Congressman, Bankrupting America is NOT ok! KILL the BILL."
TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' FACES RESISTANCE FROM REPUBLICAN SENATORS OVER DEBT FEARS
Musk has grown progressively captious of Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill, claiming that if passed, it would summation the U.S. fund shortage by $5 billion. (Getty Images)
Musk said Tuesday day that helium "just can't basal it anymore."
"This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending measure is simply a disgusting abomination," Musk said. "Shame connected those who voted for it: you cognize you did wrong. You cognize it."
Musk antecedently criticized the measure during an interrogation with CBS, noting helium was "disappointed" successful the spending measure due to the fact that "it undermines" each the enactment his DOGE team was doing.
The measure passed the House successful precocious May, up of Memorial Day, mostly on enactment lines. However, 2 Republicans did ballot against the measure, citing insufficient spending cuts and a rising nationalist debt. GOP Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has besides signaled helium apt volition not ballot successful favour of the measure successful its existent form, citing a indebtedness ceiling summation that is simply a reddish enactment for him.
Elon Musk looks connected arsenic President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. (AP/Evan Vucci)
Trump has lashed retired astatine Paul and others for opposing the bill, but truthful acold helium has taken a much measured attack to Musk's criticism.
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"Look, the president already knows wherever Elon Musk stood connected this bill," White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said during a Tuesday day briefing erstwhile asked astir Musk's astir caller criticism.
"It doesn't alteration the president's opinion. This is 1 big, beauteous measure and he's sticking to it," she said.
Fox News Digital's Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.
Peter Pinedo is simply a authorities writer for Fox News Digital.
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