President Donald Trump’s budget chief delivered on Sunday a counterargument to Elon Musk’s warning that the House-passed version of the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” would further expand the federal deficit.
On CNN’s “State of the Union,” anchor Dana Bash showed Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), a clip of Musk telling “CBS Sunday Morning” in a recent interview of his concern that the legislation will inflate the federal deficit that has already blown past $1 trillion in recent years. Musk also referred to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative that he oversaw for the past few months.
“I was like — disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decrease it. And it undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing,” Musk said.
“I love Elon,” Vought…
