Billionaire Elon Musk has updated his criticism of President Donald Trump’s signature budget bill, calling it “nasty hatred” in a series of social media posts.
on tuesday, A few days after leaving his post to the Trump administration, Musk provided yet another broadside to what is known as one big beautiful bill.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t stand it anymore. “I’m embarrassed by the people who voted for it. You know you were wrong. You know that.”
His subsequent posts explained his opposition, suggesting that the spending and tax cuts proposed in the bill would inflate US government bonds.
“We’ve increased the already huge budget deficit to $2.5 trillion (!!!), and American citizens will bear overwhelmingly unsustainable debt,” Musk said in one post. In the other, he wrote, “Congress is bankrupting America.”
The bill extends tax cuts established during Trump’s first term in 2017 and will pour more money into his administration’s priorities, including $46.5 billion for building barriers at the US border with Mexico.
But to achieve these goals, critics point out that the law will increase the national debt cap by $4 trillion. It is also known colloquially as food stamps for access to social safety net programs such as Medicaid and Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP).
The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan office that provides investigations to Congress, estimates the bill will result in a $698 million cut in Medicaid grants and a $267 billion SNAP funding cut.
These trade-offs have concerns on both sides of the aisle, with Democrats and some Republicans expressing fear that their constituents could lose access to critical government services.
Meanwhile, fiscal conservatives are fighting for an increase in national debt.
In the early morning vote on May 22nd, the House narrowly passed one big beautiful bill with a tough vote of 215-214.
Only two Republicans, Thomas Massey of Kentucky and Warren Davidson of Ohio, defeated them in party ranks to vote for the bill. All 212 Democrats in the House voted against it on a unified show of opposition.
It sent the bill to the Senate. There, Republicans hold a similarly thin majority of razors. Senators are expected to weigh the bill in the coming days.
But following Musk’s criticism of one big beautiful bill, Massie cried out to praise his outspoken criticism to the billionaire.
“He’s right,” Massy wrote in a brief post. Musk replied that his opposition was rooted in “simple mathematics.”
Musk also called on voters to “dismiss all politicians who betrayed Americans” in the 2026 midterm elections.
Until last week, Musk was a special government employee in the second Trump administration, leading the newly created Office of Government Efficiency (DOGE) since his presidency took office in January. In that advice role, Musk was tasked with identifying and eliminating “waste” from federal officials.
But his and Kudji’s efforts to cut down federal labor, yank contracts and shutter government agencies have made them the subject of widespread criticism and litigation. Opponents accused Musk of engaging in conflicts of interest, including attacking watchdog groups such as the Consumer Financial Protection Agency.
Federal law generally prohibits special government officials from working more than 130 days a year, and Musk ended his fierce tenure in the Trump administration last week with the oval office off.
Trump presented the billionaires with the decorative keys of the White House, calling his work a transformative approach and praised Musk for leading “a huge change in the old ways of doing business in Washington.”
But led by that bye, Musk appeared in the preview of the TV show CBS Sunday morning, denounced one big beautiful bill. He explained the provisions against the spirit of Doge’s spending reductions.
“I was frankly disappointed when I saw the massive spending bill. This undermines reducing the budget deficit, reducing it and undermining the work the Doge team is doing,” Musk told CBS.
“I think the bill will grow, and that’s beautiful,” he added. “I don’t know if it’s both. My personal opinion.”
These comments fueled rumours of a growing rift between Trump and Musk, one of the president’s most prominent donors and proxies during the 2024 reelection campaign.
Still, the Trump administration has sidelined reports of tension between the two men. For example, Press Secretary Caroline Leavbitt defeated a question about Musk’s latest Fujirado from the podium in the White House briefing room.
“Look, the president already knows where he is standing in this bill. He won’t change his opinion,” she said. “This is one big, beautiful bill and he’s stuck with it.”
But Levitt exploded Republican senators who opposed the law “doesn’t have their facts together.”
One of those senators is Rand Paul of Kentucky, who on Tuesday expressed his support for his opposition to the Musk bill.
“I agree with Elon. We’ve both seen massive waste in government spending, but we know that another $5 trillion in debt is a big mistake,” Paul wrote. “We need to do better.”
But Trump assaulted Paul on social media, defending his budget bill, calling it a “winner.”
“Rand doesn’t vote for everything, but there are no practical or constructive ideas. His ideas are actually crazy (loser!). People in Kentucky can’t stand him,” Trump said. “This is a big growth bill!”