The South African questions the fiscal reform of the US president

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May 28, 2025May 28, 2025By Mario Vásquez
The South African questions the fiscal reform of the US president

According to the North American newspaper specialized in finances and businesses The economist, The president of the United States, Donald Trump, and the South African businessman Elon Musk They have begun to distance themselves, although the one born in the city of Pretoria is the counselor Superior of the 78 -year -old Republican president.

This is because the general director of Tesla openly criticized the ambitious Fiscal reform by Donald Trump, called by the president of the United States as “the greatest law and pretty”; Since, in an interview with the American television network CBS News, Musk expressed his disappointment Given this bill of “Mass Expenditure”.

“Frankly, This new bill is a waste. Not only does the deficit decrease, but it increases and undermines the work we are doing with the team of the Doge”, Said Elon Musk, referring to Government Efficiency Departmentthe agency responsible for reducing costs in the United States government.

The 53 -year -old man was very concerned by Trump’s new fiscal law, which consolidates and expands the cuts of taxes that characterized their first presidential mandate in 2017: “The project is too much expensive. I think it can be big or beautiful, but I don’t know if it can become both, ”added Musk.

Musk and Trump’s “divorce”

In January 2025, Donald Trump appointed Elon Musk as “visible head“Of the Government Efficiency Department (Doge), whose mission is to significantly reduce the expenditure of the US government. However, within a few months, the political role of South African became” a burden “for him.

Currently, Elon Musk is one of the most questioned throughout the territory of the United States, and this has directly affected its companiesespecially to Teslaconsidering that the value of the electric car company has fallen into the stock market and its sales have decreased to very figures alarming For South African.

Read more: Trump suspends appointments for visa of foreign students in the US embassies.

These facts, and a social networks discussion with Donald Trump’s advisor on commercial issues, Peter Navarro, They made Elon Musk make the decision to get away for a few weeks after their work governmental To focus on your activity Businessso he came to question the duty between the USA and the European Union.

Although Musk tried to put aside his passage through politics, the tycoon will still have to face a demand for “exercising power illegal When orchestrating the drastic cuts in front of the doge ”, according to the judge Tanya Chutkan, who denied a request to dismiss the case presented by state prosecutors Democrats.

So far, Judge Tanya Chutkan has ruled that the coalition of 14 states in the US presented allegations “Specific enough“And sufficient preliminary evidence to proceed with claims that Elon Musk” received the same authority as the cabinet”By Donald Trump confirmed by the Senate.

However, although South African has been the public face Del Doge since the beginning of Donald Trump’s presidential mandate, his lawyers have denied that the tycoon has some kind of post in the US government or that sufficient authority to direct the agencies and that they carry out the reduction of costs.

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