Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has heavily criticized a tax and spending bill put forward by US President Donald Trump. His remarks received support from a seemingly unlikely quarter.
Billionaire Elon Musk has delivered a scathing opinion of US President Donald Trump’s key tax and spending bill, describing it as “a disgusting abomination.”
Tuesday’s remarks by Musk, considered a major Trump ally, come shortly after he withdrew from Washington at the end of his work for the administration, where he led the Department of Government Efficiency, better known as DOGE.
The bill, which Trump has named the “Big Beautiful Bill,” has so far passed the House of Representatives but is being held up in the Senate by several Republicans who want more cuts to spending.
What did Musk and others say?
“This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination,” Musk posted on his site X, formerly Twitter.
“Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.”