Musk calls Trump-backed spending bill 'disgusting abomination' days after W.H. send-off

Elon Musk issued a blistering disapproval of the Republican spending bill for President Donald Trump’s agenda, posting connected X that it represents a "disgusting abomination."

"I’m sorry, but I conscionable can’t basal it anymore," Musk wrote Tuesday."This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending measure is simply a disgusting abomination. Shame connected those who voted for it: you cognize you did wrong. You cognize it."

He added: "It volition massively summation the already gigantic fund shortage to $2.5 trillion (!!!) and load American citizens with crushingly unsustainable debt."

Musk, who officially near the White House past week, appeared to beryllium pointing to estimates from fund experts who recovered that the Republican taxation measure could adhd much than $2.5 trillion to the national shortage successful the coming years.

The remarks travel arsenic the White House seeks to codify $9.4 billion-worth of cuts projected by the Department of Government Efficiency, the advisory entity Musk helmed successful the archetypal months of Trump's 2nd administration. The alleged "rescissions" package would necessitate a elemental bulk enactment successful the House and the Senate to pass, meaning the Republicans could bypass the Democrats.

The House narrowly passed the GOP argumentation bundle past period successful a 215-214 vote, but it’s acold from reaching President Donald Trump’s desk. The House reconciliation measure would widen the president’s 2017 taxation cuts, destruct taxation connected tips and overtime work, chopped spending to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and rise the indebtedness ceiling by $4 trillion.

The Senate has not yet passed its reconciliation bill, and it volition request to negociate a compromise with the House, which would request to walk it again if the precocious enclosure makes immoderate changes to the archetypal version.

Asked astatine a quality briefing astir Musk’s archetypal tweet, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said: “Look, the president already knows wherever Elon Musk stood connected this bill. It doesn’t alteration the president’s opinion. This is 1 large beauteous bill, and he’s sticking to it.”

The White House declined to connection further comment.

Musk's comments travel conscionable days aft the president gave him an authoritative send-off from the Oval Office.