Elon Musk Unleashes on the 'Big, Beautiful Bill': 'I Just Can't Stand It Anymore'

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Now-former Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk is joining a chorus of discontent, fiscally conservative voices to denounce the ballyhooed “Big Beautiful Bill” trying to make its way to President Donald Trump’s desk.

Musk, who recently left his DOGE post to better focus on his numerous businesses, took to social media platform X — one of his businesses — to post a fiery rebuke of the bill that’s otherwise backed by Trump and many Republicans.

The eccentric tech billionaire made it clear that he was fed up with the situation.

“I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore,” Musk posted. “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.”

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That’s a far cry from the “Big Beautiful Bill” descriptions that many Republicans have given this spending bill, which seeks to address a number of issues.

But there was one aspect of the bill that Musk was particularly fixated on:

“It will massively increase the already gigantic budget deficit to $2.5 trillion (!!!) and burden [American] citizens with crushingly unsustainable debt,” he wrote in a follow-up post.

The former DOGE head wasn’t done.

He re-posted GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, another voice opposed to the “Big Beautiful Bill,” who agreed that the math of the spending bill simply didn’t add up.

Massie, whose opposition to the spending bill has drawn the ire of Trump, is one of a number of conservative voices that Musk now joins. That group includes Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin.

That group is hyper-fiscally-focused, a concern that Musk clearly shares:

Musk’s original post had garnered over 18 million views and 176,000 likes as of Tuesday afternoon, but one re-post highlighted the potential futility of trying to exact meaningful change in Congress.

“It will not get better,” Gen. Mike Flynn posted to X. “The hogs are still at the trough and will refuse to move away from it.

“There are not enough honest people in Congress who are willing to stand up for the harder right thing even at this stage of our monumental national debt.”

The spending bill narrowly passed the House and is currently going through potential revisions in the Senate before a vote.

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Bryan Chai has written news and sports for The Western Journal for more than five years and has produced more than 1,300 stories. He specializes in the NBA and NFL as well as politics.

Bryan Chai has written news and sports for The Western Journal for more than five years and has produced more than 1,300 stories. He specializes in the NBA and NFL as well as politics. He graduated with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona. He is an avid fan of sports, video games, politics and debate.

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