WASHINGTON (TNND) — Fresh off frustration with a lack of progress cutting government spending and a major blow-up with President Donald Trump, billionaire and recently departed cost-cutting chief Elon Musk is questioning whether he should start a political third party as he debates whether to stay involved with U.S. politics.

Musk is a relative political newcomer who quickly had his support for Trump’s campaign turn into a high-profile role as a temporary government employee with the sole mission of cutting government waste. But he and the president appear to be splitting up after Musk criticized Trump’s signature tax cut and spending bill and lashed out against the White House and Republicans in a series of social media posts.

Trump and Republican leadership have shown little appetite

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