Overview

• Elon Musk on June 3 labeled the “One Big Beautiful Bill” a “disgusting abomination” in an X post, marking his sharpest public break with the Trump administration after leaving the Department of Government Efficiency.
• Now in Senate debate, the legislation would extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, allocate $46.5 billion for US-Mexico border barriers and raise the federal debt ceiling by $4 trillion.
• The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects the measure would cut Medicaid subsidies by $698 billion and reduce SNAP funding by $267 billion, prompting concerns over impacts on social safety nets.
• Republican voices including Sen. Rand Paul have sided with Musk’s deficit warnings, while Senate Majority Leader John Thune and other GOP backers defend the bill’s spending priorities.
• President Trump has remained silent on Musk’s criticism, and the White House press secretary has reiterated the president’s steadfast support for the spending package.