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Musk 'Disappointed' By Trump Bill, In Rare Break With US President

Elon Musk has stepped back from his job of cutting government spending by firing civil servants and gutting or closing departments (Credit: AFP)

Billionaire Elon Musk has criticized Donald Trump's signature spending bill, in his first major break with the US president since he stepped back from his role taking a chainsaw to government spending.

The South African-born tech tycoon said Trump's bill would increase the deficit and undermine the work of Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which has fired tens of thousands of people.

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