Musk departed from the Trump administration last week after leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to slash federal spending. Musk ignited the feud with Trump on Tuesday by denouncing his “big, beautiful bill” as a “disgusting abomination,” calling it a “massive, outrageous, pork-filled” bill on social media platform X.

The breaking point, according to Trump, appeared to be Musk’s opposition to the president’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which undermines Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency by increasing the debt by $2.4 trillion over 10 years, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.