Elon Musk lets go against the megaproject of Trump’s budgetary law – Liberation

Bromance already seemed far awayElon Musk pushes the nail. The boss of Tesla judged this Tuesday, June 3 Tuesday, that the megaproject of the budgetary law of the Congress defended by Donald Trump was a « Repagnant abomination », when he has just left the republican administration. This violent charge against one of the most expensive projects in Donald Trump « Do not change the position » From the latter, the White House reacted quickly. « The president already knew what Elon Musk thought », Tuesday told the press on Tuesday spokesperson Karoline Leavitt.

« It is a « Great and beautiful law », and he sticks to it ”, She added, using the appellation used by the US administration to qualify this keystone of the presidential program. It includes in particular the extension of monumental tax credits from the first mandate of the Republican billionaire, which are expired at the end of the year.

According to various independent analysts, prolonging them could increase the deficit of the federal state From 2,000 billion to $ 4,000 billion over the next decade. Budget cuts they could affect the most disadvantaged millions of Americans, such as beneficiaries of the Medicaid-Maladiidaintended for the poorest.

For the richest man in the world, who had been charged over the past four months by Donald Trump make Drastic cuts in the United States budget, « This enormous, scandalous and clientelist budgetary bill is a repugnant abomination ». « Shame on those who voted it: you know you were wrong », sowed Elon Musk In a message on its social network X.

Voted at the end of May in the House of Representatives, under pressure from Donald Trump, the bill has been examined since Monday by the Senate, where the Republicans are in the majority. The American president warned the senators that he wanted to see this law on his office « as soon as possible » For promulgation.

However, elected officials from his own camp have expressed their intention to make significant modifications. Moderate republicans are indeed relocating to drastically reduce expenses, while supporters of budgetary rigor denounce the project as a delay bomb for state finances, while the American debt borders on $ 37,000 billion.

These rebellious republicans are few, less than a dozen, but enough « To stop the process until the president takes the reduction of expenses and deficit seriously, » Recently said one of them, senator Ron Johnson.

The shattering release of Elon Musk, who had already criticized this budgetary text but much more carefully, underlined the strong tensions between the multimillionaire and the administration he left.

One day after having warmly thanked Musk for his action with the administration, as if to cut rumors about a cold between them, Donald Trump had withdrawn his support from the candidate who was to take the head of NASA, a close to Elon Musk on Saturday.

The native of South Africa, whose relations with Trump’s ministers were difficult, said last week wanting to stay « Friend and advisor » of the president.