Washington — The relationship between President Trump and Elon Musk fractured in dramatic and public fashion on Thursday, with the president saying he was "very disappointed" in his former ally and Musk claiming Mr. Trump would not have won the presidency without his deep financial warchest.

The break came over Musk's ongoing criticism of Republicans' "big, beautiful bill" on Capitol Hill, which cuts taxes by trillions of dollars and implements Mr. Trump's domestic agenda, including cutting hundreds of billions of dollars in spending. Musk has railed against the legislation as "outrageous" and "a disgusting abomination." The Congressional Budget Office estimated on Wednesday that the bill would lead to an increase of $2.4 trillion in total deficits over the next 10 years, a con

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