Elon Musk isn’t the only one who thinks President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” of tax cuts and spending increases is a “disgusting abomination.”
Now, as voters hear more about what’s in it, the less they want the Senate to approve it.
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In the latest Rasmussen Reports survey shared with Secrets Tuesday, just 37% want senators to pass the House-approved bill that includes much of Trump’s agenda.
Worse, a majority, 58%, agree with Musk’s comment that, “This massive, outrageous, pork-filled congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination.”
I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 3, 2025
This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination.
Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.
Musk’s sharp attack spelled the end of the cozy relationship he had with Trump during the first 100 days of the administration, when the Tesla founder worked inside the White House as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency.
He spent weeks deploying teams to federal agencies to find examples of waste, fraud, and abuse, and then convinced the president to cut much of that.
When his time in the White House was up, he turned on the “big, beautiful bill” in a move that prompted a sharp rebuttal from Trump and a pause in their friendship.
But while Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson have expressed confidence that the bill will get a Senate OK by July 4, it is apparently Musk who voters are listening to.
While 37% support is a flashing red light for GOP negotiators, how voters view the bill is even worse.
As always, partisanship plays an outsize role. On whether the Senate should approve it, for example, 63% of Republicans said “Yes,” and 60% of Democrats said “No.”
But it gets sticky on how Republicans look at the legislation and Musk’s condemnation of it as an “abomination.”
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A near majority of Republicans, 48%-38%, agree with Musk, showing the limits of Trump’s persuasion on the issue.
And their skepticism is not because voters are ignorant of the bill. Rasmussen found that 75% of likely voters are keeping tabs on it.