President Donald Trump is calling on the U.S. Senate to completely eliminate all remaining green energy tax credits enacted under Joe Biden, setting the stage for a potential showdown with moderate Republicans as Senate leaders attempt to finalize a sweeping tax and spending bill.

The president made the demand Saturday in a Truth Social post, criticizing the Senate’s current proposal for failing to fully repeal the green energy tax breaks included in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

Trump’s message comes as Senate Majority Leader John Thune works to secure support for what the president has described as a “great, big, beautiful bill,” which could see a vote as early as Wednesday.

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“I HATE ‘GREEN TAX CREDITS’ IN THE GREAT, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL,” Trump wrote.

“They are largely a giant SCAM. I would much prefer that this money be used somewhere else, including reductions. ‘Anywhere’ would be preferable!”

“Windmills, and the rest of this ‘JUNK,’ are the most expensive and inefficient energy in the world,” Trump added.

“None of it works without massive government subsidy (energy should NOT NEED SUBSIDY!). Also, it is almost exclusively made in China!!! It is time to break away, finally, from this craziness!!!”

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Trump has repeatedly denounced the Inflation Reduction Act, referring to its climate-related provisions as the “Green New Scam.”

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No Republican lawmakers supported the legislation when Biden signed it into law in August 2022.

However, the president had remained largely silent on the fate of the tax credits since beginning his second term, as congressional Republicans negotiated the rollback terms.

The Senate’s current draft would end tax credits for electric vehicles, rooftop solar, and hydrogen fuel projects, but would allow longer phase-out timelines for wind and solar incentives.

Specifically, it removes a House provision requiring that renewable energy projects begin construction in 2025 to qualify for full tax benefits.

The Senate version also eases sourcing requirements for materials used in green energy development and permits the transfer of tax credits between third-party entities—a measure designed to aid project financing.

Conservative lawmakers, including members of the House Freedom Caucus, have been pressuring the Senate to adopt a more aggressive approach.

Trump’s comments are expected to energize those calls and may force Senate Republicans to revisit key provisions of the draft legislation.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), a member of the Freedom Caucus, responded to Trump’s post on Saturday. “The President gets it,” Roy wrote on X.

“Congress needs to ignore K Street.”

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Roy previously told reporters on June 17 that the Senate’s proposal, as initially drafted, would be dead on arrival in the House due to its slower phase-out of IRA credits.

“We’re not going to accept a watered-down repeal,” Roy said at the time.

Energy policy advocate Alex Epstein met with Senate Republicans last week to push for an accelerated termination of green energy subsidies.

Epstein, who supports phasing out the credits entirely by the end of Trump’s second term, said some senators were resistant to ending subsidies before 2028.

“Under the current Senate Finance proposal, there will still be wind subsidies in 2041 on Donald Trump’s 95th birthday,” Epstein told reporters.

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“I think if he knew that he would not have considered this terminating the ‘Green New Scam.’”

In addition to negotiations over the green energy provisions, the Senate is continuing to deliberate over potential changes to Medicaid and other spending reforms.

The chamber’s parliamentarian has reportedly begun striking key deficit-reducing measures from the bill, a development that could complicate efforts to secure broader Republican support.

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Despite the remaining hurdles, Thune said Saturday he remains confident in the Senate’s ability to pass the bill and send it back to the House before the July 4 deadline.

“As we head into this next week, I’m fully confident we’re going to be ready to roll,” Thune said in an interview with Breitbart’s Matt Boyle.

“We have to be, we’ve got to deliver. And the one thing I’ve discovered in my time in Washington is if you don’t put deadlines out there, nothing gets done.”

Once passed in the Senate, the legislation must return to the House for final approval before President Trump can sign it into law.

Trump has stated he expects the finalized bill on his desk by Independence Day.