Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders wrote on X: "If Musk & his pals are so concerned about increasing the national debt in Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, why don't they cut the $664 billion in tax breaks for the 1%; the $420 billion in tax breaks for large profitable corporations; & the $150 billion in increased military spending?"

Musk announced his company, SpaceX, will withdraw from service its Dragon spacecraft — critical to the American space program.

The president also asserted that Musk's days of blistering attacks on the bill were motivated by the proposed elimination of consumer tax credits for electric vehicles. Musk, the CEO of electric vehicle maker Tesla,