Musk Renews Fiery Criticism as Senate Advances Trump’s Controversial Tax Bill
Musk Renews Fiery Criticism as Senate Advances Trump’s Controversial Tax Bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk reignited his vocal opposition to President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts bill on Saturday, just as the Senate narrowly advanced the legislation to open debate. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO, whose birthday also fell on Saturday, asserted that the nearly 1,000-page bill would ‘destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country,’ further claiming it would be ‘political suicide for the Republican Party.’
Musk’s renewed broadsides came ahead of a critical procedural Senate vote, which ultimately succeeded late Saturday evening, allowing senators to commence debate on the controversial legislation. His comments intensify a recent, volatile conflict between the tech mogul and the Trump administration, disrupting the fragile peace they had recently established after Musk’s departure from a government advisory role last month.
President Trump, pushing for the bill’s passage by his Fourth of July deadline, reportedly exerted significant pressure on Republican holdouts in the Senate. While remaining silent on Musk’s latest remarks, Trump publicly lashed out at GOP senators who voted against the procedural measure, threatening to campaign against Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina for his ‘no’ vote. The legislation’s narrow clearance of its test vote underscores the challenges Republican leaders face in securing its final passage.
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