This is Washington’s MO: short-term politicking over long-term sustainability.’ Musk reposted this comment, expressing agreement with a ‘100’ emoji, his first public statement on the bill since its official passage.

The billionaire Tesla founder has clashed with President Donald Trump over the bill’s increase to the US deficit.

As the U.S. Senate debated President Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" on June 30, one-time government employee Elon Musk lashed out, promising to go after any member of Congress who voted to pass the spending package.