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Elon Musk allows himself to trample on Donald Trump's "great and beautiful" budget law, deemed too expensive

Elon Musk allows himself to trample on Donald Trump's "great and beautiful" budget law, deemed too expensive
Elon Musk receives a key to the White House, a gift from Donald Trump, in Washington, May 30, 2025. NATHAN HOWARD/REUTERS

Elon Musk was supposed to step back from politics and focus on his businesses. However, on Tuesday, June 3, the SpaceX boss suffered a major setback. In a message on X, he attacked with unprecedented virulence the text dubbed by Donald Trump himself the " Big Beautiful Bill " (BBB). Elon Musk called it a "disgusting abomination ." "I'm sorry, but I can't take it anymore," he wrote, saying that Congress is "bankrupting America."

Elon Musk attacks Republican elected officials without naming them: "Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong." While the billionaire's criticisms of this text were well known , the violence of the attack is all the more striking as it comes at a crucial political moment.

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