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He's supported Elon Musk's war on veterans, as well, which includes firing them from federal jobs and slashing 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs.

"They do not want to take their foot off the brake here. If they suddenly start slashing the heat pump grant that's going to make the market crash," he said.

“We all love the idea of slashing the size of government,” said Donald F. Kettl, a public administration scholar at the University of Maryland.

She points out the "irony" of Elon Musk, tasked by Donald Trump with slashing federal government spending, standing in the Oval Office with his young son as he dismantled DEI programmes.

They are also slashing social programs like Medicare and the Department of Education, which many disabled people require for health care and other important social services.