Elon Musk Calls Trump Megabill a 'Disgusting Abomination'

Billionaire sides with GOP critics who say measure doesn't cut spending enough

- Siobhan Hughes & Jasmine Li

Former White House cost-cutting czar Elon Musk called President Trump's "big, beautiful" tax and spending package a "disgusting abomination," stepping up his criticism just as the Senate is trying to quickly pass the measure and get it signed into law by July 4.

Musk's comments are his latest sharp words about the package, which includes tax cuts as well as reductions to spending on Medicaid and food assistance. Last month, he gave new fuel to GOP critics of the Republicans' multitrillion-dollar agenda, saying that the current measure failed to reduce the federal deficit.

"Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it," said Musk, in comments on his X social-media platform. Musk, who left the administration last week, called the package a "massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill." He issued a warning on the midterm elections: "In November next year, we fire all politicians who betrayed the American people."

The bill narrowly passed the House last month by one vote. It is now in the hands of the Senate, where some fiscal hawks, including Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Mike Lee of Utah and Rick Scott of Florida, have demanded deeper cuts.

The Senate is aiming to make changes to the bill and then send it back to the House. Backers can afford to lose no more than a handful of GOP votes in either chamber, with all Democrats expected to be opposed. Still, the White House and GOP leaders said that Musk's statements didn't shake their confidence in passing the measure.

Trump "already knows where Elon Musk stood on this bill," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Tuesday when asked about Musk's social-media post. "It doesn't change the president's opinion."