"Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong," the Tesla CEO wrote, citing projections that the legislation would add more than $2 trillion to the national debt.

Several fiscally conservative Republicans in the U.S. Senate supported the views Musk expressed in social media posts, which could complicate the bill's path to passage in that chamber. "I'm sorry, but I just can't stand it anymore,

The White House made a restrained response to the social media posts from the world’s richest man condemning plans to extent tax cuts and increase the budget deficit.