Elon Musk, the former head of the Department of Government Efficiency, on Tuesday dismissed President Trump’s “big, beautiful” spending bill as a “disgusting abomination.”
“This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination,” he said in a post on X.
“Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it,” he added.
Musk’s comments on Tuesday represent an even harsher reaction to the bill than his previous criticisms. Last month, he said he was “disappointed” by the House passage of the bill because it undermines the work he has done as the head of DOGE.
“The president already knows where Elon Musk stood on this bill,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Tuesday. “It doesn’t change the president’s opinion.”
While the bill aims to cut $1.5 trillion in government spending, it also increases the debt limit by $4 trillion. The U.S. government is more than $36 trillion in debt.
The bill would extend the 2017 tax cuts, introduce new tax cuts such as Trump’s signature “no tax on tips” policy, and add work requirements to Medicaid, among other provisions.
The measure passed 215 to 214 in the House, largely along party lines after Speaker Mike Johnson was able to overcome opposition from members of his caucus who argued the bill should include further spending cuts to offset tax cuts that will add to the country’s deficit.
It passed after a 21-hour debate session in which Johnson agreed to introduce Medicaid work requirements in 2026, two years earlier than originally proposed, and to increase the SALT deduction cap from $10,000 to $40,000.
Now, the bill heads to the Senate, where it faces an uncertain future. The Senate will take up the bill under budget reconciliation, which will allow Republicans to pass the bill using a simple-majority threshold.
Republicans are hoping to send the bill to Trump’s desk by the Fourth of July.
Yet some lawmakers agreed with Musk’s criticism on Tuesday.
“The Senate must make this bill better,” Senator Mike Lee (R., Utah) replied to Musk’s post.
“He’s right,” Representative Thomas Massie (R., Ky.) said of Musk. Massie was one of two Republicans to oppose the bill in the House.