Days after departing from the White House and stepping down from his position as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk has taken to social media to criticise the government funding bill being put forward by Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
The former DOGE chief, known for implementing severe budget cuts across the US government-resulting in thousands of federal employees losing their jobs-has condemned the Republican legislation, calling it "massive",
"outrageous", and "pork-filled" on X, the social media platform Musk himself owns.
Musk has claimed the spending bill will increase the existing
US budget deficit from around $1.8 trillion to $2.5 trillion.
Non-partisan estimates from the Congressional Budget Office suggest the deficit could rise to between $2.3 trillion and $5 trillion over the next ten years, according to Axios.
While Trump has described it as his "big, beautiful bill", Musk has denounced it as a "disgusting abomination".
In another X post shared just hours later on June 3, Musk, who was a Republican Party mega-donor during the 2024 elections, wrote "In November next year, we (will) fire all politicians who betrayed the American people".
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