Musk torches Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” calls for new party to replace “porky pig” politics - Singapore News

WASHINGTON, U.S.A.: Tech magnate Elon Musk is once more firing up the political landscape, this time with a scathing censure of President Donald Trump’s gargantuan expenditure bundle, as the Senate fights to pass the bill before Independence Day.

According to the latest Axios report, the contentious regulation, which covers a chart-topping US$5 trillion (S$6.36 trillion) debt ceiling surge, has resurrected strains between Musk and Trump, once partners in both business and politics. Now, their relationship seems to be tattered.

“It is obvious with the insane spending of this bill… that we live in a one-party country — the PORKY PIG PARTY!!” Musk wrote on Monday on his social platform X, alluding to the GOP-Democratic compromise as a swollen political machine. “Time for a new political party that cares about the people.”

In a succession of progressively piercing posts, Musk alleged that legislators were dumping fiscal responsibility and swore political vengeance. “Every member of Congress who votes to pass the bill should hang their head in shame,” he wrote, adding threateningly: “They will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth.”

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Conspicuously, Musk professed that if the bill becomes law, he would instantly introduce a new political crusade. “If this insane spending bill passes, the America Party will be formed the next day,” he asserted.

Musk’s “outpouring” comes just weeks after he floated the notion of a new party in an X poll of his readers on Jun 5. His vital assertion — America needs “an alternative to the Democrat-Republican uniparty so that the people have a VOICE.”

The White House swiftly responded, dismissing Musk’s diatribe as entrenched in personal interest, alluding to Trump’s weekend discussion with Fox News, where the president inferred that Musk was fuming that the bill cuts federal appropriations for electric vehicles.

“I think Elon is a wonderful guy, and I know he’s going to do well, always. He’s a smart guy,” Trump said, appearing to tone down the fight. Nonetheless, the fissure has grown progressively public in recent weeks.

While Musk temporarily walked back previous condemnations, his latest comments specify a defining moment, and possibly, the early seeds of a third-party encounter in 2026 and beyond.

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As the Senate pushes towards a Jul 4 vote, all eyes are now not just on Capitol Hill, but on Elon Musk, who may be concocting to upset the political showground just as vehemently as he has the technology world.