Tech mogul Elon Musk went on a tirade Tuesday against President Trump’s marquee One Big Beautiful Bill Act days after leaving the administration — ripping the legislation as an “abomination” and condemning lawmakers who supported it.
“I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore,” the Tesla and SpaceX CEO wrote on his X platform. “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 53-year-old added in subsequent posts that the bill “will massively increase the already gigantic budget deficit to $2.5 trillion (!!!) and burden America [sic] citizens with crushingly unsustainable debt.” In a third post, Musk groused that “Congress is making America bankrupt.”
“In November next year, we fire all politicians who betrayed the American people,” he later fumed.
Sources familiar with Musk’s thinking told The Post Tuesday evening that his scorched-earth rant was largely motivated by four factors:
- House Republicans’ removal of electric vehicle tax credits that were part of the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act and boosted Tesla
- White House officials’ refusal to allow him to remain a special government employee beyond the 130-day statutory limit
- The Federal Aviation Administration opting not to use his Starlink satellite system to help run the nation’s air traffic control
- Trump pulling his nomination of Musk ally Jared Isaacman to lead NASA over Isaacman’s “prior associations,” widely believed to refer to past donations to Democrats
Musk had previously dropped hints of his disdain for the megabill, politely telling “CBS Sunday Morning” in an interview that he was “disappointed” to see that the legislation increases the deficit and “undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing.”
“The president already knows where Elon Musk stood on this bill,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters in response to Musk’s tirade. “It doesn’t change his opinion.”
The South Africa-born billionaire marked his final day as a special government employee this past Friday, with Trump giving him a formal send-off in the Oval Office.
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Can't stop remembering that Nikki Haley also didn’t last long, back in Trump first administration.
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