Trump Suggested That Musk Criticize Him Rather Than The "big And Beautiful" Project

• 5.06.2025, 19:45

Relations between the US president and the businessman are escalating.

U.S. President Donald Trump said that the departed from public service entrepreneur Ilon Musk should have criticized him personally, and not his "big and beautiful bill". This opinion was expressed by the head of state at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

"I always liked Ilon, and it's always very surprising ....> I would rather he criticize me than the bill, because the bill is incredible," the Republican said.

Trump's economic bill, which implements his campaign promises, is officially called the One Big Beautiful Bill. This document extends tax breaks enacted by the Republican in 2017, eliminates taxes on tips and overtime pay, increases the national debt ceiling to $4 trillion, tax breaks on auto loan interest payments and more. At the same time, it cuts spending on social safety net programs such as Medicaid (a health insurance program for low-income and disabled citizens).

The bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives in May and is now being considered by the Senate.

Mask said the initiative would increase "the already gigantic budget deficit" to $2.5 trillion and "saddle American citizens with unsustainable debt." "Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong," the businessman wrote a day earlier on social networking site X. He called the document an outrage and a "disgusting abomination."