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“A Disgusting Abomination”: Elon Musk Blasts Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” 

HeadlineJun 04, 2025

President Trump is pressing Senate Republicans to approve the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a sprawling bill to fund tax breaks for the wealthy by gutting social programs like SNAP, Medicare and Medicaid. Senate holdouts include Kentucky’s Rand Paul, who said he’s not open to supporting a $5 trillion increase in the national debt ceiling. On Tuesday, Republican holdouts got the support of Elon Musk, who wrote on X, “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.”

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