The billionaire has made clear he is frustrated with the obstacles he encountered as he tried to upend the federal bureaucracy.

‘I think a bill can be big or it can be beautiful, but I don’t know if it could be both,’ Mr. Musk says. Mr. Funk was the managing editor of Pleroma Media, and worked as a breaking news reporter at The Messenger after spending 25 years at Fox Television as a producer, executive producer, and digital content director.

Elon Musk has grown increasingly vocal with criticism of the Trump administration, saying that a megabill pushed by the White House proposing an overhaul to the tax code risks undermining his efforts to cut government spending.

SpaceX experienced its third consecutive failure during its ninth test launch of its Starship vehicle Tuesday evening. The rocket spun out of control as it tumbled through space, causing it to make an uncontrolled descent in the Indian Ocean.

The partially successful test followed two earlier failures, posing challenges for Elon Musk’s grand vision for the large spacecraft.

Billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday (May 28) announced he was leaving his role in the United States government, intended to reduce federal spending, shortly after his first major break with US President Donald Trump over his signature spending bill.