{"id":2453405,"date":"2025-06-28T20:13:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T00:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-blasts-insane-and-destructive-senate-version-of-trump-tax-bill-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T20:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T00:14:11","slug":"musk-blasts-insane-and-destructive-senate-version-of-trump-tax-bill-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-blasts-insane-and-destructive-senate-version-of-trump-tax-bill-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk blasts \u2018insane and destructive\u2019 Senate version of Trump tax bill &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmusk-blasts-insane-and-destructive-senate-version-of-trump-tax-bill-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2453405&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Elon Musk has publicly criticized the Senate version of the tax bill endorsed by President Donald Trump, labeling it as &#8220;utterly insane and destructive.&#8221; Musk had previously engaged in a heated dispute with Trump over the House&#8217;s version of the legislation, and he expressed similar disdain for the Senate&#8217;s updated text, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bostons-mayor-and-city-council-fight-over-budget-proposal\/\" title=\"Boston&#039;s mayor and city council clash over budget plan.\">includes significant cuts<\/a> to clean energy initiatives and an accelerated termination of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >electric vehicle tax credits<\/a> critical to Tesla. Musk believes the bill will result in massive job losses in the U.S. and harm future industries, stating that it disproportionately benefits outdated sectors. The Senate is currently in the process of voting on the bill.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Musk blasts &lsquo;insane and destructive&rsquo; Senate version of Trump tax bill<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2159861\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former top White House adviser Elon Musk renewed his criticism of President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s &ldquo;big, beautiful bill,&rdquo; this time trashing the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Senate<\/a>&lsquo;s version of the massive tax bill as &ldquo;utterly insane and destructive.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Musk, who engaged in a fiery online public feud with Trump over the House&rsquo;s version of the bill earlier this month, signaled that he thinks no different of the Senate bill text, an updated version of which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3457134\/republicans-updated-senate-text-big-beautiful-bill-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"released\">released<\/a> late on Friday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3457345\/senate-restores-salt-cap-workaround-service-businesses-tax-bill\/\">Senate restores key SALT cap workaround for service businesses in GOP tax bill<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3457287\/watch-live-senate-vote-one-big-beautiful-bill-act\/\">WATCH LIVE: Senate debates Trump&#8217;s &#8216;big, beautiful bill&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3457134\/republicans-updated-senate-text-big-beautiful-bill-vote\/\">Republicans release updated Senate text ahead of &lsquo;big, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-fights-to-keep-trumps-ear-as-house-agenda-stalls-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Mike Johnson fights to keep ...\u2019s ear as House agenda stalls - Washington Examiner\">beautiful bill&#038;rsquo<\/a>; vote<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country! 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