Elon Musk said he was “disappointed” by a big spending bill passed by House Republicans last week, which is strongly supported by US PresidentDonald Trump. In a rare televised interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Musk appeared to distance himself from US President Donald Trump’s latest legislative push, a sprawling $3.8 trillion package nicknamed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” The measure, which still awaits Senate approval, would extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, ramp up border spending, slash clean energy credits, and enforce Medicaid work requirements.“I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly,” Musk said. “It increases the budget deficit, not just decreases it, and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing.”Musk’s comments mark a clear departure from Trump’s enthusiastic support of the legislation. The president has hailed the bill as a cornerstone of his second-term economic vision. But the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates the act would increase the national deficit by $3.8 trillion by 2034, raising concerns even among fiscal conservatives.“I think a bill can be big or it can be beautiful,” Musk quipped. “But I don’t know if it can be both. My personal opinion.”
