CNN’s chief knowledge analyst Harry Enten on Wednesday argued that ex-White House adviser Elon Musk isn’t a fan of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” as a result of it has far-from-notable affect on lowering the federal deficit.
“No wonder Elon Musk is so upset,” Enten advised CNN’s John Berman.
The billionaire took to his social media platform Wednesday the place he ramped up criticism of the GOP-backed laws and pushed for Americans to “KILL the BILL,” one which cuts taxes for principally greater earners and slashes Medicaid funding.
In one put up, Musk claimed {that a} new spending invoice “should be drafted that doesn’t massively grow the deficit and increase the debt ceiling” by trillions of {dollars}.
Enten famous that Trump appears to be like to ship Congress a rescissions package deal of cuts made by Musk’s outdated stomping grounds on the so-called Department of Government Efficiency — cuts that will drop the nationwide debt down by about $9 billion.
The House-passed spending invoice, however, would deliver the federal deficit and debt “through the roof” by an estimated $2 trillion over 10 years.
“You don’t have to be a mathematical genius to know that $9 [billion] doesn’t come anywhere close to… $2 trillion,” he added.
“So all of DOGE’s work that they would send — at least a part of it — to Congress gets completely wiped out, wiped off the map by the big, beautiful bill.”
Berman went on to check with Musk being “mostly critical” of Congress in his takes on the invoice earlier than asking who would “win” in a battle between the billionaire and Congress.
Enten turned to a mixture of internet favorability (% approval minus % disapproval) rankings exhibiting how Musk — who sits at +63 — is a “very popular dude” amongst Republicans in comparison with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), who sit at +46 and +30, respectively.
But the billionaire, he stated, is “nowhere close” to Trump’s internet favorability ranking among the many GOP — a determine that sits at +79, per a mixture of polls.
If the president — who has remained silent on Musk for many of Wednesday — “decides to turn his fire” on the criticism, Enten stated, it’s a struggle that the previous White House adviser merely can’t win.
Enten, when requested if Republicans “really care” about reducing taxes even when the deficit will increase, pointed to polls exhibiting a dramatic shift on the difficulty.
In 1992, simply 22% of Republicans dismissed the deficit rising amid tax cuts.
Today, that determine sits at 74%.
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