'Disgusting': Why Elon Musk attacked Donald Trump's ‘Big Beautiful’ bill

The ‘Big Beautiful bill Act’ is currently at the top of Trump's legislative agenda and he is lobbying with his party’s lawmakers in the Senate to pass the bill.

Elon Musk on Tuesday once again criticised US President Donald Trump's sweeping tax and spending bill, calling it a "disgusting abomination".

Elon Musk hammered the sprawling tax cuts and spending mega-bill that President Trump is trying to muscle through Congress as a "disgusting abomination." (AFP)

The ‘Big Beautiful bill Act’ is currently at the top of Trump's legislative agenda, with the Republican leader lobbying with his party’s lawmakers in the Senate to pass the bill.

"I'm sorry, but I just can't stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it,” Musk said about the bill in a post on X.

Through social media posts, Elon Musk has gained support from several fiscally conservative Republicans in the US Senate, which could complicate the bill's passage in that chamber. He even threatened those who voted for the bill. The legislation has already passed the House of Representatives hurdle.

“In November next year, we fire all politicians who betrayed the American people,” he wrote in another X post.’

The business interests of the world’s richest man stand to take a hit if lawmakers approve Trump's bill, which would slash funding for electric vehicles and related technologies, according to a Reuters report. Musk’s Tesla is the nation's largest electric vehicle manufacturer. SpaceX, another of Musk’s companies, has massive defence contracts.

The White House has downplayed Musk's criticism of the bill, with press secretary Karoline Leavitt saying that it doesn't change the President's opinion.

"The president already knows where Elon Musk stood on this bill, it doesn't change his opinion. This is one big, beautiful bill, and he's sticking to it," Leavitt told reporters.