White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Elon Musk’s criticism of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill: ‘It doesn't change the…’

Elon Musk recently criticised the

Trump administration

’s ‘

One Big Beautiful Bill

’ calling it “a disgusting abomination”. In a post on X, the Tesla CEO said “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination.” He further added “Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.” Following Musk’s criticism, White House has defended the bill. At a press conference earlier today, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked by a Fox reporter, “How mad do you think President Trump would be when he finds out what Elon Musk said?” Leavitt replied, “The president already knows where Elon Musk stood on this bill. It doesn't change the president's opinion. This is one big, beautiful bill, and he's sticking to it.”

What is One Big Beautiful Bill

The legislation, dubbed the 'One, Big, Beautiful Bill' by Trump, was narrowly passed by the House last month. It includes extensions of the 2017

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

, alongside new spending allocations for border security and the military. However, the bill has drawn sharp criticism for its projected impact on the federal deficit, with the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and independent analysts estimating it could add between $2.3 trillion and $5 trillion to the deficit over the next decade. To offset some of the costs, Republicans have proposed cuts to Medicaid, food stamps, and green-energy tax credits.

Elon Musk warns America will go bankrupt

The tech billionaire has long warned of the national debt as an “existential threat”. In his latest remarks, he said that the bill “will massively increase the already gigantic budget deficit to $2.5 trillion (!!!) and burden America[n] citizens with crushingly unsustainable debt.”“This immense level of overspending will drive America into debt slavery!,” he wrote in another post.Last month, Musk expressed his disappointment with the bill. In a CBS interview, he said “I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just fails to decrease it”.