by Olivier Acuña Barba •Published: May 28, 2025•23:41•2 minutes read
The crack between Trump and Musk may spread after Tesla’s criticism of the president’s big beautiful bill | Credit: Newsweek
Elon Musk publicly criticised Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Building” on Wednesday, saying the US president’s spending plan undermines the cost-cutting efforts led by Tesla bosses.
“I think the bill will grow, or maybe it’s beautiful. But I don’t know if it’s both,” Musk said in the preview. Posted The owner of X. Tesla and former head of the government’s Ministry of Efficiency said, “We are disappointed to see a massive spending bill that will increase the fiscal deficit, and will undermine the work the Doge team is doing.”
Comments burn rumors of the collapse growth between the billionaire and the US president. I said.
Tensions between Musk and Trump have reached a breaking point after weeks of internal conflict, media spectacles and public stunts cultivated eyebrows. Sources close to the White House revealed that billionaire Maverick’s methods are now viewed as liabilities rather than assets.
It causes intense resistance
According to Insider, Turning Point said it could have come during a closed door cabinet meeting where Musk was announcing the incredible proposal. Trump once welcomed bold confusion, but this level of financial attack sparked fierce resistance in his cabinet.
Now, it appears that Musk is assaulting Trump’s one big beautiful bill law narrowly approved by the House last week.
Trump’s budget spending bills advance some of his campaign’s promises, including extending tax cuts for individuals and businesses, and ending clean energy incentives enacted under the Obama administration.
It also includes around $1 trillion (£74.1 billion) of profit cuts aimed at supporting struggling households, including low-income households, Medicaid and Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food stamps.
“Political suicide”
On the other hand, the bill funds the wall that Trump has always committed to building along the border with Mexico, and staff and facilities for the massive deportation of undocumented immigrants. According to the Non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, the bill is expected to add around $2.3 trillion to the deficit, even when cuts are taken into consideration.
Musk’s criticism could encourage further opposition from hard-line Republicans who threatened to block Trump’s legislation when passing the US Senate, unless the president implements deeper cuts to reduce national debt. One Senator, Rand Paul of Kentucky, told Fox News Friday that the bill’s cuts would “explode debt.”
Maga’s huge supporter, former White House strategist Steve Bannon, has also warned against such Trump bills. Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley said cutting health insurance for working poor people would be “political suicide.”
