Elon Musk renews his criticism of Trump's big bill as it faces a key Senate vote

WASHINGTON – Elon Musk connected Saturday doubled down connected his distaste for President Donald Trump's sprawling taxation and spending cuts bill, arguing the legislation that Republican senators are scrambling to walk would termination jobs and bog down burgeoning industries.

“The latest Senate draught measure volition destruct millions of jobs successful America and origin immense strategical harm to our country,” Musk wrote connected X connected Saturday arsenic the Senate was scheduled to telephone a ballot to unfastened statement connected the astir 1,000-page bill. “It gives handouts to industries of the past portion severely damaging industries of the future.”

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO, whose day is besides Saturday, aboriginal posted that the measure would beryllium “political termination for the Republican Party.”

The criticisms reopen a caller fiery struggle betwixt the erstwhile caput of the Department of Government Efficiency and the medication helium precocious left. They besides correspond yet different headache for Republican Senate leaders who person spent the play moving overtime to get the authorities done their enclosure truthful it tin walk by Trump's Fourth of July deadline.

Musk has antecedently made his opinions astir Trump's “big, beauteous bill” clear. Days aft helium near the national authorities past period with a laudatory solemnisation successful the Oval Office, helium blasted the measure arsenic “pork-filled” and a “disgusting abomination."

“Shame connected those who voted for it: you cognize you did wrong. You cognize it,” helium wrote connected X earlier this month. In different post, the affluent GOP donor who had precocious forecasted that he'd measurement backmost from governmental donations threatened to occurrence lawmakers who “betrayed the American people.”

When Trump clapped backmost to accidental helium was disappointed with Musk, back-and-forth warring erupted and quickly escalated. Musk suggested without grounds that Trump, who spent the archetypal portion of the twelvemonth arsenic 1 of his closest allies, was mentioned successful files related to enactment abuser Jeffrey Epstein.

Musk yet tried to marque bully with the administration, saying helium regretted immoderate of his posts that “went excessively far.” Trump responded successful benignant successful an interrogation with The New York Post, saying, “Things similar that happen. I don't blasted him for anything.”

It's unclear however Musk's latest broadsides volition power the fragile bid helium and the president had enjoyed successful caller weeks. The White House didn’t instantly respond to a petition for comment.

Musk has spent caller weeks focused connected his businesses, and his governmental power has waned since helium near the administration. Still, the affluent businessman poured hundreds of millions of dollars into Trump's run successful 2024, demonstrating the interaction his wealth tin person if he's passionate capable astir an contented oregon campaigner to restart his governmental spending.

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