White House stands by tax bill after Musk calls it a 'disgusting abomination'

The White House defended the President Donald Trump-endorsed "big, beauteous bill" Tuesday aft outgoing DOGE-chief Elon Musk doubled-down connected his disapproval of the spending bill, calling it a "disgusting abomination."

Musk, who has been openly captious of the projected reconciliation bill, 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 added successful a Tuesday day station connected X. "Shame connected those who voted for it: you cognize you did wrong. You cognize it."

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Elon Musk and President Trump person been divided implicit whether the GOP's spending measure goes acold capable to chopped wasteful and inefficient spending. (Getty Images)

The measure passed the House successful late-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 red-line for him. 

Trump has lashed retired astatine Paul and others for opposing the bill, but helium has taken a much measured attack to Musk's criticism.

"Look, the president already knows wherever Elon Musk stood connected this bill," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said during a Tuesday day property 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. 

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Musk, who led the cost-cutting efforts astatine the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), 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 squad was doing.

Elon Musk arrives for US President Donald Trump's code to a associated league of Congress successful the House Chamber of the US Capitol successful Washington, DC, connected March 4, 2025.  (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

In May, erstwhile Trump was asked astir Musk's disapproval of the measure connected CBS, helium responded, "Well, our reaction's a batch of things," earlier pivoting to speech astir the votes needed to enactment walk the bill. 

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"Number one, we person to get a batch of votes, we can’t beryllium cutting — we request to get a batch of enactment and we person a batch of support," helium said. "We had to get it done the House, the House was, we had nary Democrats. You know, if it was up to the Democrats, they’ll instrumentality the 65 percent increase."