- Elon Musk spoke out against Trump’s “big beautiful” spending bill.
- Musk and the White House’s DOGE office have tried to reduce government spending.
- Musk told CBS Sunday Morning the spending bill undermines the work of DOGE.
Elon Musk is speaking out against President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful” spending bill.
Musk criticized the bill in an interview with CBS Sunday Morning that’s set to air on June 1. His comments were featured in a clip of the interview shared on X on Tuesday.
“I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decrease it, and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing,” Musk said.
The Tesla CEO has worked closely with the White House DOGE office on efforts to cut government spending and eliminate fraud and waste in the federal budget. Musk has recently said he is scaling back his work with DOGE.
Trump’s spending bill, which passed the House last week, would make some of his 2017 tax cuts permanent and add trillions to the federal deficit.
“I think a bill can be big or it could be beautiful, but I don’t know if it could be both,” Musk added.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.
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