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Elon Musk has sharply criticised Donald Trump’s multi-trillion-dollar tax and spending bill, calling it a ‘disgusting abomination’ and condemning the Republicans who supported it. Passed by the House in May, the bill includes expansive tax cuts, which Musk argued will increase the US budget deficit to $2.5 trillion and impose unsustainable debt on Americans. The tech billionaire, who has just ended his short tenure with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), expressed disillusionment with Washington’s entrenched bureaucracy and the resistance to his cost-cutting agenda. He had originally aimed to slash federal spending by $2 trillion, but this was reduced first to $1 trillion and later to just $150 billion. DOGE’S controversial cuts, particularly to humanitarian aid, drew criticism and raised questions about actual taxpayer savings. The White House has dismissed his objections, but Musk, who served the legal limit of 130 days as a ‘special government employee’, urged Americans to vote out the politicians who backed the bill in the next election.