From ally to enemy: Tesla and Spacex founding billionaire has appointed to Americans to oppose the president’s spending bill.
It seemed to be a love story: what happened?
A day after saying that he had “shame” from those who voted for resolution, Elon Musk again revolted against the Republicans and against Trump and asked the Americans to press their representatives to reject The Fiscal Bill and Spells of the US President.
For the richest man in the world, the legislation is “a disgust“I had written on Tuesday at X.
Call your senator, call your congressman, but Bringing America to bankruptcy is not acceptable! “Kill The Bill“(In Portuguese,“ kill the bill).
The controversial bill, which has already been approved by the House of Representatives and is now being analyzed by the Senate, includes large tax cuts and a significant increase in defense spending. President Trump called him as the cornerstone of his agenda for the second term, nicknamed him “One Big Beautiful Bill” (A great and beautiful bill).
Musk warned that the Bill would deepen the US budget deficit and overload future generations with unsustainable debt. He described the proposed legislation as an outrageous plan full of superfluous spending that could “swell” the federal deficit to $ 2.5 billion, according to the.
“What a shame for those who voted for”Musk wrote on Tuesday, implying that he could support efforts to dismiss legislators who support the bill in the 2026 interchange elections and added:“ In November next year, We will dismiss all the politicians who betrayed the American people”.
This public rupture of Musk with Trump since leaving his short -term position in the government on May 31, after 129 days ahead of the force with the task of cutting spending, doge.
The White House replied, with a statement rejecting concerns with the deficit as unfounded.
Labeling allegations about the increase in debt as a “scam“The government insisted that the bill would actually improve the country’s fiscal perspectives and would cause unprecedented economic growth, without ever referring musk.
It is estimated that the bill will increase the deficit by about $ 600 billion in the fiscal year alone. Critics also accuse the bill of being a local project funding to obtain political favors.