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Elon Musk publicly condemned Donald Trump Economic signature plan, calling a “big beautiful bill” “abomination” and accusing him of canceling work on cost reduction achieved by his Ministry of Efficiency of the Government. In response, the White House rejected Musk’s criticism as a “fraud” by issuing a detailed rebuttal, claiming that the bill would reduce the deficit by $ 6.6 trillion over the next decade through tariffs, cost reduction and regulatory discounts – at the same time promising unprecedented economic growth.
When the Musk-Trump partnership began for the first time, many speculated how long it would last-and what the couple would push.
Four months later, players have their reply: “The Big, Beautiful Bill of Trump” is struck as a “abomination” by Tesla CEO.
At night the most rich man on the ground increased his campaign against Trump 2.0 fiscal lynch, sharing a Kill Bill A poster of his timeline and labeling of the “Lord Slavery Account”.
He also urged voters to protest the policy by adding online: “Call your senator, call your congressman, the billing of America is wrong! Kill the bill.”
The beginning of Musk in politics began with the financial support of the then Republican nominee Trump before making his debut in Washington as the head of the Ministry of Government Efficiency (DOG), a special government official.
But Trump’s central cost bill 2.0-to provide the biggest tax reductions “in history”-the prevailing criticism of Musk, such as canceling all the cost of reducing costs and efficiency done by his Doge team.
While the Trump team claims that the policies in the bill will increase GDP by 2.6% to 3.2% in the long run and increase the payment of the home for medium income by $ 5,000 a year, previous forecasts from the Congress Budget Office (CBO) detect that the legislation will add the legislation They add $ 3.8 to the deficit, while the proposed cuts to Medicaid will add $ 3.8 for a deficit, while the proposed cuts to Medicaid will add $ 3.8 for a deficit.
Meanwhile, Dodge, which was initially charged to reduce $ 2 trillion from public deficit, before his number was quickly reduced, cost Musk not only billions erased his personal wealth, but also the reputation and criminal damage suffered by the Ev Tesla manufacturer as a result of the company’s connections with the Trump administration.
This is a point that Musk himself pointed out by posting on the social media platform, which he possesses: “[The bill] More than defeating all cost savings earned by the @doge team at high personal costs and risk. “
Other sources suggest that Musk is intensifying his attacks on the Oval Cabinet is the result of another perceived lightly: Jared Isakman’s nomination to make NASA be withdrawn from Trump.
The president said that Isaacman, a close ally of Musk, was taken out of running “after a thorough review of previous associations.”
Isaacman, who until recently led the Shift4 payment company, countered in an interview this week that his nomination was broken just when Musk left Washington, saying, “I don’t want to play dumb for it. I don’t think the weather was a great coincidence.”
Referring to anonymous sources, Wall Street Journal He reports that Musk was “angry” by the decision, which makes him more and more, to criticize Trump.
Musk did not respond immediately to Fortune’s Request for comment.
Unusual silence from Trump
It is unusual for the president to be criticized so publicly and not bite back.
Instead, the White House adheres to a game book used by Musk himself: calling such allegations “fraud.”
In a rebuttal published by the Oval Cabinet yesterday, the Trump administration said statements such as “the only big beautiful bill increases costs” and “the only beautiful Bill was adding to the deficit” are incorrect.
Instead, the article, positioned as a “mythbuster”, states a number of “facts”, including: “upon entry into force the bill-by increased rates from tariffs, discretional cost reductions, and replacement of the regulations of the Biden-Administration of Trump will take action that reduces the deficit by at least 6.6 trillion.
For example, the White House points to CBO’s forecasts that while tariffs will shrink the economy, it will also reduce federal deficits by $ 2.8 trillion (the inclusion of a large beautiful bill in its modeling is not mentioned).
He adds: “By every honest indicator, a large beautiful bill of President Donald J. Trump drastically improves the fiscal trajectory of the United States and unleashed an era of unprecedented economic growth.”
The White House did not answer immediately Fortune’s Request for comment.
This week, the speaker of the Mike Johnson house also struck that President Trump was “not glad that Elon made 180” and added that the founder of SpaceX was “flat wrong”.
So, while President Trump presented a Musk ceremonial “White House Key” during a ceremony to mark his departure from the government last week, Tesla’s CEO can understand that the oval cabinet has already changed the locks.
This story was originally presented on Fortune.com