Elon Musk criticises Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill

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Elon Musk severely criticized Donald Trump’s tax bill, claiming that he was “undermining” the work carried out by the government cost cutting team, in the comments that are likely to expand the rift between the billionaire and the president who funded last year.

In an interview with the CBS Sunday Morning, which was released late on Tuesday, the CEO of Tesla, who until recently led the so -called government efficiency, or DOGE, said that he “is disappointed to see the massive spending bill, which increases the budget deficit. He undermines the work of the DOGE team.”

Last week, the US House of Representatives passed the bill with one vote, which paves the way for the first major legislative success in Trump’s second state. It will now be placed to vote in the Senate.

The president, who was forced to strengthen many Republican acceptance in the congress to vote for what he called “the Great Beautiful Bill”, was called “the most important part of the legislation that will be signed in the history of our country!”

But while reducing some social spending, the draft law attracted strong criticism from the deficit hawks, as it will eventually increase the American national debt by more than 3.3 trillion over the next decade, according to non -partisan estimates.

It seems that Musk, who has long claimed that the United States will go “bankrupt” if the deficit is not reduced, and it seems that it is repeated that criticism in his comments on CBS, saying: “I think the bill can be large, or it can be beautiful, but I don’t know if it could be. My personal opinion.”

Musk’s comments are the most powerful reprimand in the Trump administration so far.

They are criticizing the White House’s commercial home policy, describing the Tsar Petr Navarro trade as “fool” and “stupid than a brick bag” and says he believes the low tariff is “a good idea in general.”

Musk also clashed with some cabinet secretaries due to the discounts made by Doug from employees inside their agencies.

Last month, Musk retreated from his role in DOGE, and chose to spend more time in his business, especially Tesla, which suffered from a decrease in sales that caused his association with the Trump administration.

The businessman has since said that he will return to spending 24/7 at work and sleeping in the conference rooms/server/factory. ”His companies include Spacex and the social networking site X.

Last week, Musk, who spent nearly $ 300 million in Trump’s support and other Republicans in last year’s elections, said he intended to spend “much less” on the campaigns in the future, and that it was “doing enough” to donate for political reasons.

Musk also expressed his frustration with DOGE’s efforts to reduce costs, which suggested that it had been stumbled by legislators.

The initiative claims that it has provided $ 175 billion so far, and it is much lower than $ 2TN originally expected by Musk.

The Financial Times’s investigation concluded that only a segment of $ 175 billion of savings could be verified, as Dog account was found to be full of repetitions and enlarged estimates.