WASHINGTON ― Not six months after Republicans celebrated oligarch Elon Musk as the “ heroic ” champion of fiscal responsibility, he may have just become the most surprising enemy of the centerpiece of their legislative agenda.

For weeks, Republicans in the White House and on Capitol Hill have falsely claimed their bill cutting taxes and Medicaid would reduce federal budget deficits, with only a few breaking from the party line to tell the truth.

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On Tuesday, Musk, until recently the face of Republican efforts to cut federal spending, ripped into the dubious deficit claims with a rhetorical chainsaw.

“I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore,” Mu

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