Elon Musk has fired off a stark warning over what he’s calling one of the most damaging bills in US history — and he’s not mincing his words.
The billionaire tech mogul has taken a blowtorch to the latest version of Donald Trump’s controversial tax and spending proposal, a near-thousand-page Senate draft known unofficially as the “Big, Beautiful Bill”. And according to Musk, this is no ordinary policy dispute — it’s a full-blown crisis for the country’s future.
Taking to social media platform X on Saturday, Musk made his thoughts abundantly clear on a post saying: “The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country. Utterly insane and destructive. It gives handouts to industries of the past, while severely damaging industries of the future.”
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Musk, who previously headed the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under Trump before a major falling out, doubled down on his stance with a string of follow-up posts aimed directly at Republican leadership.
He didn’t stop there either, calling the legislation “political suicide” for the Republican party in another post and slamming the bill’s debt implications.
This isn’t the first time Musk’s taken a sledgehammer to Trump’s flagship proposal. Earlier in the month, he described the House version as a “disgusting abomination”, later urging his followers to take action in a follow-up post saying: “Call your Senator, call your Congressman, Bankrupting America is not ok! KILL THE BILL”.
The Senate, however, seems to be forging ahead. After a tense night of negotiations, the chamber voted 51–49 to advance the bill, a move that sets up further debate in the coming days. Democrats, opposing the measure, responded by forcing a live reading of the 940-page document, stalling proceedings for hours.
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While the bill includes tax cuts and spending adjustments, it’s also drawn fire for proposed reductions in Medicaid and support for legacy industries — something that’s clearly set Musk off. Reposting comments from Jesse Jenkins, an energy systems engineer, Musk slammed the energy provisions in the bill, warning: “It raises the debt ceiling by $5 trillion, the biggest increase in history, putting America in the fast lane to debt slavery”.
Jenkins’ words are strong in their own right, saying: “The country’s automakers don’t want it. Electric utilities don’t want it. Data centre developers don’t want it. Manufacturers in energy intensive industries don’t want it.”
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Musk’s criticism comes at a tense political moment, as Trump pushes to get the bill signed by 4 July. But with figures like Senator Rand Paul also voicing concerns over the bill’s $5 trillion debt increase, it’s clear that Musk isn’t alone.
Paul said on a Saturday post: “Not that we should govern by poll, but it is very clear people don’t want this extreme amount of debt and reckless spending, echoing Musk’s sentiment.
Whether Musk’s warnings will alter the bill’s trajectory remains to be seen, but he’s certainly drawing a line in the sand.