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WASHINGTON - Billionaire Elon Musk said in an interview that he's “disappointed” by the cost of Donald Trump’s much-ballyhooed sweeping tax bill passed by the House.

On May 22, the House passed a megabill by a vote of 215-214 that would extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, boost defense and border security spending and implement new requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, among other things. Trump has dubbed it the “big, beautiful" bill.

But Musk said in an exclusive interview with CBS Sunday Morning that "I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decreases it, and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing.”

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I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly,

Both Trump and Musk seem very fond of that word- “frankly”.

And both often drop it at the end of a thought, rather than at the beginning, as if it is an afterthought, as if it’s a plea for believability.

Compare tat with the force of a voice speaking the following:

“Frankly, Scarlett, I don’t give a damn.”

Even though the last sentence was spoken by a fictional character, at least it’s well done fiction, and is strangely, more believable

Not like the fictional script being mouthed by the jokers in Washington.

Authenticity…… seems like the quality is in short supply these days. And not just among Republicans.

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