This is Washington’s MO: short-term politicking over long-term sustainability.’ Musk reposted this comment, expressing agreement with a ‘100’ emoji, his first public statement on the bill since its official passage.

The billionaire Tesla founder has clashed with President Donald Trump over the bill’s increase to the US deficit.

Musk has previously made his opinions about Trump's "big, beautiful bill" clear. In late May, just a few days before he officially left his post in the federal government, he told "CBS News Sunday Morning" he was "disappointed" with the bill's price tag.