Elon Musk is disappointed in the big, beautiful bill. Elon Musk says he is “disappointed” by the price tag on the domestic policy bill passed by Republicans in the House last week and heavily backed by President Trump, the billionaire who recently stepped back from running the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, told “CBS Sunday Morning” in an exclusive broadcast interview.
“I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decreases it, and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing,” Musk said.
The tax provisions of the package, titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” after Mr. Trump’s name for the bill, would increase the deficit by $3.8 trillion by 2034, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
“I think a bill can be big or it can be beautiful,” Musk told CBS News, “but I don’t know if it can be both. My personal opinion.”
That puts him at odds with President Trump and Stephen Miller who said last week that it included massive spending cuts.
Reportedly, President Trump gave the senate permission to rewrite the bill. he doesn’t read these bills, and relies on people he probably can’t trust. He can trust Elon.
“I think a bill can be big or it could be beautiful. But I don’t know if it could be both.”
Tech billionaire Elon Musk tells CBS Sunday Morning’s @Pogue he was “disappointed” to see the Trump-backed “big beautiful” spending bill, which passed in the House last week.
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— CBS Sunday Morning (@CBSSunday) May 28, 2025
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DOGE is about fiscal responsibility.
The government has never been about fiscal responsibility. Tracing funds puts all politicians in fear. It’s how they get rich. It’s not rocket science touch your money even if you stealed it, and you will get pissed.
Elon is not an idiot he knew he would be attacked.
When you place financial controls on funds. You eliminate the ability to move funds legally.
All politicians are criminalizing themselves. By fighting against DOGE.
The governments financial systems have no checks and balances.
Military has never passed an audit.
Nor would any government agency.
Media covers for them cause they took are being paid. Lie, lie, cry, cry enable the zombie snowflakes to fly mode. Send out the useful idiots. Repeat lies on all media outlets, DNC alert.
Elon just started the process. It’s far from done.
Musk got a taste of the swamp and doesn’t like it.
His mistake was believing the GOP was actually serious about cutting spending and saving our hard earned tax dollars…..they’re not and they are all ‘bought and paid’ for.
Trump is beginning to disappoint me, his position on Israel, his spending and his lousy picks for AG and FBI Director are causing me to pull back support.
Screw “the bill”. Pass a balanced budget amendment and stop pissing away trillions on greed and corruption.
I don’t blame him. Doge was hyped, now it’s a joke.
It’s disappointing that Trump is continuing to spend money we dont have. He promised to cut.
The bill will be changed by the senate. It lacks important cuts. Thune is going to have to open his mouth and get involved. He does not want more cuts, and he is scared to be seen as opposing Trump. Trump is OK with more cuts, he said so. There is a month cushion. This is not an emergency, to pass the bill, but the debt is an emergency. There are lots of whiners out there using this delay to attack the GOP. There is no disloyalty to Trump here.