The bill, among other things, extends the validity of the tax benefits adopted by Trump in 2017 and increases the costs of border protection. According to the businessman, the project will increase the expenses of the state, which contradicts the efforts of its government effectiveness (DOGE).
“Honestly, I was disappointed when I saw a bill on large -scale expenses that increases the budget deficit, and not only reduces it, and undermines the work that the DOGE team performs,” Musk said.
The document, according to Financial Times, the House of Representatives of the US Congress adopted with the advantage of one vote. According to the publication, Trump had to “intimidate” some Republicans for this. According to the Budget Department of the Congress, the tax provisions of the package called Trump, a “large and beautiful bill”, will increase the budget deficit by $ 3.8 trillion by 2034.
“I think that the bill can be big or beautiful, but I don’t know if it can be both,” Musk noted.
Context
Trump planned to appoint the owner of SpaceX, Tesla, social networks X Mask by the head of DOGE before the inauguration of January 20. Despite this, The mask was not provided, according to media reports, a permanent office in the western wing of the White House, How it was predicted earlier.
Despite the numerous reports that Musk is heading DOGE at the end of February The White House was introduced by Amy Glison as a temporary head of the department.
On February 13, in the commentary of the PEOPLE tabloid on the basis of anonymity, two Republicans from the Mask environment said that he He spends the night in an office building located next to the western wing of the White House – just a few steps from it.
March 27 Musk in an interview Fox News He suggested that he could resign in the Trump administration at the end of May after he has a large -scale reduction in US budget deficit by $ 1 trillion.
March 31 Trump said that At some point, Doge will cease to exist, since Musk is available to him as a special civil servant for only 130 days.
April 2 Politico, citing three sources, wrote that Trump declared his team to the members of his team that Musk would leave the White House And he will return to the business. The interlocutors of journalists argue that Musk will depart “in the coming weeks” from the current public role within the Trump team. The publication writes that the president is allegedly satisfied with the “technological giant”, in particular, in his activities to reduce government spending of the United States, but Musk is increasingly turning into a “political burden”. On the same day, the speaker of the White House Caroline Livitt called the Media Media “garbage”.
On April 10, a group of 77 congressmen of the House of Representatives from the Democratic Party of the United States sent a letter to the White House demanding Drop the mask from DOGE.
May 20 Musk said he would reduce its participation in political financing. May 24 reports The Washington Post With reference to the sources, she wrote that Musk distance from politics and was afraid for its safety.
