Tech billionaire Elon Musk has strongly criticised the recent US tax and spending bill, calling it “outrageous” and a “disgusting abomination.”
The bill, passed by House Republicans in May, includes multi-trillion-dollar tax breaks and was praised by President Donald Trump as a “big, beautiful bill.”
Musk took to his social media platform X to voice his disapproval.
“I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore,” he wrote. “This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.”
The billionaire had recently left the administration after working with a new team called the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which aimed to cut government costs by reducing federal workers and red tape.
The White House dismissed Musk’s remarks as unsurprising. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, “The president already knows where Elon Musk stood on this bill.”
Musk’s departure came shortly after he expressed disappointment with the bill, highlighting that it increased the deficit instead of reducing it. “I think a bill can be big, or it can be beautiful, but I don’t know if it can be both, in my personal opinion,” he added.
Before this, Musk had supported President Trump’s return to office and repeatedly proposed cost-cutting measures to help streamline government spending.