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Musk Breaks with Trump over Massive Spending Bill

Elon Musk criticizes Trump's big bill with dismay, A break from the president he helped win the day.

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In the White House, a big plan did unfold,
A spending bill, with tax breaks to hold.
Donald Trump called it "big, beautiful" with glee,
But Elon Musk was not pleased, as you'll see.
He helped Trump win, with donations so grand,
But now he's speaking out, with a different hand.
The bill, he said, would increase the deficit's might,
Not decrease it, as Trump had hoped in the night.
Musk was the cost-cutting tsar, with a plan so bold,
But now he's stepping back, with a story to be told.
The Doge team's work, he said, would be undermined too,
By the massive spending bill, with a budget so new.
"I think a bill can be big or beautiful, it's true,"
But not both, Musk said, with a laugh or two.
The bill would increase the deficit, by $600bn or so,
A cost that the US government would have to pay, don't you know.
Trump was not happy, with some aspects of the plan,
But thrilled with others, like tax cuts in hand.
Musk's comments highlight the tension within the party,
Over tax-and-spend plans, a debate to be set free.
The bill will head to the Senate, with a fate to be told,
A decision that will shape the US government's gold.
Musk's distance from Trump, is growing with each day,
A break from the past, in a new and different way.