On June 28, his 54th birthday, Elon Musk didn’t post celebratory photos or launch a new product.
Instead, he launched another blistering denunciation of President Donald Trump‘s sweeping tax and spending bill, calling it “utterly insane and destructive” in a post on X (formerly Twitter)—an attack that reignited a political feud and underscored a deeper ideological rift between two of the most influential figures in American public life.
The legislation in question, nicknamed the “Big, Beautiful Bill” by the Trump administration, is a nearly 1,000-page proposal that combines deep tax cuts with significant spending reductions and industry-specific subsidies. The bill, which passed the House by a narrow margin in May, is now under intense scrutiny in the Senate, where Republican leaders are racing to meet Trump’s self-imposed July 4 deadline.
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The Tesla and SpaceX CEO’s criticism wasn’t subtle. “The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country,” he wrote in an X post on June 28. “It gives handouts to industries of the past while severely damaging industries of the future”.
His comments came just hours before the Senate was scheduled to vote on whether to open debate on the bill. Musk, who previously served as head of the now-defunct Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has been increasingly vocal in his opposition since leaving the …