White House defends Trump mega-bill after Musk appeals to ‘Kill the Bill’

Elon Musk attends quality league with President Donald Trump successful the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 30, 2025, successful Washington. | Photo Credit: AP

The White House connected Wednesday (June 5, 2025) blasted a prediction that Donald Trump’s argumentation mega-bill could nonstop the shortage soaring, arsenic Elon Musk doubled down connected his criticism of the US president’s plans.

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office said Mr. Trump’s “one big, beauteous bill” — the centrepiece of his home docket — would adhd a elephantine $2.4 trillion to the U.S. shortage by 2034.

Mr. Trump’s combative Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller slammed the autarkic watchdog connected societal media arsenic “lefty” — echoing the administration’s predominant enactment of onslaught against its opponents.

“We are successful a precise bully spot with the bill,” said Russ Vought, caput of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, which did the sums for Trump’s bill.

He told reporters connected a telephone that the legislature office’s prediction “does not bespeak reality.”

Rough thrust successful Congress

But the package, which could specify Mr. Trump’s 2nd word and marque oregon interruption Republican prospects successful the 2026 midterms, is getting a unsmooth thrust successful the U.S. Congress.

The program would money an hold of Mr. Trump’s 2017 taxation alleviation from his archetypal word successful the White House by piling connected indebtedness and cutting societal payment for the poorest Americans.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who departed arsenic caput of Mr. Trump’s cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency past week amid increasing tensions, issued caller disapproval connected Wednesday.

“KILL the BILL,” the South African-born tycoon posted connected his X societal network, pursuing it up with a meme showing the blood-soaked Quentin Tarantino movie Kill Bill and its prima Uma Thurman.

Mr. Musk had called the measure a “disgusting abomination” connected Tuesday.

Senate ballot pending

The measure passed the House of Representatives past week but present faces a hard way done the U.S. Senate.

A radical of U.S. senators visited the White House connected Wednesday arsenic the negotiations entered a important stage, with Trump urging the Senate to ballot connected it by July 4.

“Failure is not an option,” Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters extracurricular the West Wing.

Asked astir Mr. Musk’s claims that it would balloon the deficit, helium replied: “We judge the opposite.”

Published - June 05, 2025 11:12 americium IST