How Trump world is reacting to Elon Musks big beautiful bill blowup: Knew hed throw a fit

WASHINGTON — Trump White House confidants said Wednesday they were not surprised tech billionaire Elon Musk blew up at the House-passed “Big, Beautiful Bill” — noting the former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) luminary would have found something to beef with the administration about sooner or later.The 53-year-old South Africa-born billionaire — who in April went chest-to-chest with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over their respective visions for the IRS in the halls of the White House — shook up Washington Tuesday by decrying the signature GOP legislation as “a disgusting abomination” and vowing to campaign to “fire” Republican lawmakers who supported it.“I’d say most knew he’d throw a fit sometime this year.It was exciting but not surprising,” one Trumpworld source told The Post of the outburst.“I do think he didn’t leave on the best of terms,” added a second person close to the White House.

“But I also think there’s a general awareness [that] this is just the way he operates.”The Tesla and SpaceX CEO went on the warpath for a second straight day Wednesday, declaring: “A new spending bill should be drafted that doesn’t massively grow the deficit and increase the debt ceiling by 5 TRILLION DOLLARS.”Call your Senator, Call your Congressman, Bankrupting America is NOT ok!” he added in yet another X post.“KILL the BILL”.The second insider added that it was understandable Musk would take issue with his May 30 departure as a special government employee coinciding with the White House working to pass a bill that the Congressional Budget Office predicted Wednesday will add $2.4 trillion to the federal deficit.“His most legitimate point relates to DOGE and the fact that he exposed a bunch of waste and inefficiency with big government contractors like Accenture,” this person said, “but right as he leaves they get awarded massive new contracts and it feels like ‘back to business as usual.'”On March ...