Musk slams Trump's spending bill, risking reigniting feud
Business tycoon Elon Musk has harshly criticized US President Donald Trump's spending bill, now in Congress, raising the possibility of reigniting a feud between the once close allies.
Trump has been pressing Congress to pass the bill that he calls the "One Big Beautiful Bill," which incorporates his key agenda items including sweeping tax cuts.
Arrangements are currently underway in the Senate to advance deliberations.
In a social media post on Saturday, Musk claimed that the bill will "destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country!" He described the bill as "utterly insane and destructive."
Musk had forged a close relationship with Trump since the presidential election last year.
He was leading the Trump administration's efforts to slash government spending in a capacity of a special government employee until late May.
But their relationship rapidly deteriorated after Musk started to criticize the bill for significantly increasing fiscal deficits.
The exchange of barbs came to a halt when Musk expressed his regrets on social media about some of the posts he made about Trump.
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