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Way Too Early with Ali Vitali

Way Too Early 6/4/25

Way Too Early with Ali Vitali

MS NOW, Ali Vitali

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🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Musk: The spending bill is a ‘disgusting abomination’

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0:00.0

that I agree with Elon Musk that it's an abomination should not be unclear to anyone based on weeks of Democrats aggressively pushing back against the one big, ugly bill.

0:17.2

I'm not revealing any secrets. In fact, I'm stating the obvious. The bill is an

0:23.5

abomination. It's a disaster. Republicans should be ashamed of themselves. I don't know why

0:29.1

Elon Musk made the decision to make this statement, but he's not wrong. House Minority Leader

0:36.3

Hakeem Jeffries, finding some rare common ground with Elon Musk after the

0:40.9

Tesla CEO criticized the massive tax and spending bill passed by the House. The question is,

0:45.9

why is Musk only just now slamming President Trump's agenda? Meanwhile, the Trump administration

0:51.2

is asking Congress to codify Doge's massive cuts to foreign aid.

0:55.9

The question is, how will lawmakers respond, given the unpopularity of those cuts with some of their very own constituents?

1:02.5

Plus, Ukraine continues its aggressive assault on Russia, this time attacking a key bridge for Putin's army.

1:07.9

The question is, what else does Ukraine have planned? It's way too early for this.

1:21.7

Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that hates to see two friends fighting.

1:26.9

We sort of knew it was coming, though.

1:28.5

I'm Allie Vitale on this Wednesday, June 4th, and we'll start with the news. Elon Musk is lashing out

1:34.3

against the president's domestic policy bill, calling it a, quote, disgusting abomination.

1:39.2

Yeah, again, that's Elon Musk. He made the comment on social media yesterday, writing in part,

1:43.7

quote, shame on those who voted for it. You know you did Musk. He made the comment on social media yesterday, writing in part, quote,

1:49.4

shame on those who voted for it. You know you did wrong. He then went on to say the legislation will increase the budget deficit to $2.5 trillion and burden American citizens. He then suggested

1:55.9

next year, we quote, fire all politicians who betrayed the American people. Musk's disappointment with the

2:02.5

legislation isn't new. He told CBS last week the budget bill undermines the work of his

2:07.3

Department of Government efficiency. Meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Johnson responded to that

2:12.6

criticism from Musk, telling reporters he spoke to the Tesla CEO about the legislation on Monday.

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