Tech billionaire Elon Musk has reignited his feud with US President Donald Trump, vowing to unseat lawmakers who support the administration’s controversial budget bill, which he claims would add a staggering $3.3 trillion to the national deficit.
Taking to his social media platform, X, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO condemned what he described as “insane spending” and issued a stark warning to members of Congress.
“Every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing government spending and then immediately voted for the biggest debt increase in history should hang their head in shame! And they will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth,” Musk wrote.
Just hours later, he escalated his rhetoric further, declaring that if the bill passes, “the America Party will be formed the next day”.
Musk, who once held sway within Trump’s inner circle and headed the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has accused the president’s landmark budget of undermining efforts to streamline government operations. Despite DOGE’S claims of saving $190 billion through rapid and often chaotic programme cuts, a report by the Partnership for Public Service (PSP), a nonpartisan organisation focusing on the federal workforce, estimates the initiative may have cost taxpayers an additional $135 billion.
Though Musk had previously maintained a relatively low profile regarding the bill following a dramatic fallout with Trump, he returned to the debate over the weekend with renewed vigour.
Musk decries bipartisan support of bill
In a further social media tirade, Musk lambasted the bipartisan support for the bill, calling the political establishment “the PORKY PIG PARTY!!” and once again floated the idea of launching a new political force. “Time for a new political party that cares about the people,” he wrote.
Musk’s fury is not only directed at the bill’s deficit implications. He has also decried the legislation’s removal of subsidies for electric vehicles, arguing that it “gives handouts to industries of the past while severely damaging industries of the future”.
Despite previously aligning with Trump on cuts to social welfare, environmental protections, and global aid, Musk has rejected the president’s so-called “big, beautiful bill”.
The Senate version of the budget is projected to add $3.3 trillion to the deficit over the next decade, according to estimates by the Congressional Budget Office, while the House version would contribute $2.4 trillion.
