Musk, who officially left the White House last week, appeared to be pointing to estimates from budget experts who found that the Republican tax bill could add more than $2.5 trillion to the federal deficit in the coming years.

Elon Musk ramped up his criticism of President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" on Tuesday, calling it "a disgusting abomination" as Congress rushes to send the legislation to the president by July 4. "I'm sorry,

The former White House cost-cutting czar stepped up his criticism of the tax-and-spending bill just as the Senate is trying to quickly pass the measure and get it signed into law by July 4.