Elon Musk and White House Spar Over Megabill
584 Video Views·Jun 3, 2025
President Donald Trump knew Elon Musk, his close ally in the 2024 election,
and the first several months of his second term is against the massive budget bill,
the White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt said on Tuesday.
Look, the president already knows where Elon Musk stood on this bill. It doesn't change the
president's opinion. This is one big beautiful bill and he's sticking to it.
Recently, the billionaire and former former lead of the Department of Government Efficiency
openly opposed the budget bill, saying it would increase the fiscal deficit.
I'm sorry, but I just can't stand it anymore. 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, he wrote in a social media post on Tuesday.
It will massively increase the already gigantic budget deficit to $2.5 trillion
and burden American citizens with crushingly unsustainable debt, he added.
Some Republican fiscal hawks echoed his criticism.
He's right, Representative Thomas Massey from Kentucky replied to one of Musk's posts.