Billionaire Elon Musk renewed his criticism on Monday to the extensive tax and spending bill of US President Donald Trump, promising to punish parliamentarians who supported him after campaigning to limit government expenses.
After weeks of relative silence after an argument with Trump about the law, Musk returned to the debate on Saturday, while the Senate analyzed the package, calling it “completely insane and destructive” in a publication on the social media platform X.
This Monday, he intensified his criticism, saying that parliamentarians who campaigned to cut spending, but supported the bill, “should lower the head of shame!”
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“And they will lose their primaries next year, even if it’s the last thing I do on Earth,” said Musk.
Executive President of Tesla and Spacex, Musk asked again for a new political party, saying that the mass project’s massive spending indicated “that we live in a single party country-the Porky Pig party !!”
“It’s time for a new political party that really cares about people,” he wrote.
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Porky Pig is a character from the cartoon Looney Tunes, who in Brazil was named “Gaguinho”, being famous for his stuttering.
Musk’s criticism of the bill caused a break in his relationship with Trump, marking a drastic change after the technology billionaire spent nearly $ 300 million on the Republican’s reelection campaign and led the controversial government efficiency department (Doge), a federal cost cutting initiative.
Musk, the richest man in the world, argued that the legislation would greatly increase national debt and eliminate the economies he says he has achieved through doge.
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It is still unclear how much influence Musk has on Congress or what effect their opinions can have on the approval of the bill. But Republicans have expressed concern that their intermittent dispute with Trump could harm their chances of keeping the majority in the middle -term elections for Congress in 2026.
The rupture also generated volatility for Tesla, with the company’s shares suffering large price fluctuations that eliminated approximately $ 150 billion from its market value, although it has recovered since then.
