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Elon Musk leaves White House but says Doge will continue
Elon Musk has said he is leaving the Trump administration after helping lead a tumultuous drive to shrink size of US government that saw thousands of federal jobs axed.
Summary
X and Tesla boss said in an interview with BBC's US partner CBS that the "big, beautiful bill", as Trump calls it, would increase the federal deficit. Musk also said he thought it "undermines the work" of Doge."I think a bill can be big or it could be beautiful," Musk said.
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