WASHINGTON >> Hardline conservative Republicans in the U.S. Senate and billionaire Elon Musk showed no sign of softening opposition to President Donald Trump’s tax-cut and spending bill on Wednesday, as they pushed for deeper reductions in government outlays.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday estimated the bill — which would extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and step up spending for the military and border security — will add about $2.4 trillion to the $36.2 trillion U.S. debt pile.

Another nonpartisan forecaster, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said on Wednesday that when taking interest payments into account, the bill’s cost could rise to $3 trillion over a decade or to $5 trillion if temporary tax cuts were made permanent.

Musk, the world’s richest pe

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