Is It the End for the Trump-Musk Partnership?

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Richard C. Young
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President Donald Trump participates in a press conference with departing DOGE adviser Elon Musk, Friday, May 30, 2025, in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Molly Riley)

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk worked well together throughout the 2024 presidential campaign and the early days of the Trump administration. But after a spat on social media yesterday, it appears the partnership could be at an end. Eva Terry reports in The Spectator:

The Elon-Trump bromance may have breathed its last today, with their relationship descending into a social-media flame war – on their respective apps, of course.

The source of the discord is Musk’s opposition to the “Big, Beautiful Bill” presently being debated in the Senate, which, among other things, does not codify the cuts his Department of Government Efficiency had made since Trump’s inauguration. The bill also strips away Biden-era tax credits for consumers who purchase electric vehicles, which had been benefiting Musk’s firm Tesla.

Musk took his grievances to his over 200 million X followers and, let’s face it, everyone else on the app too. On Tuesday Musk wrote, “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.” This followed a CBS interview at the weekend in which Musk said, “I think a bill can be big or it can be beautiful, but I don’t know if it can be both.”

In subsequent posts, Musk called for the firing of “all politicians who betrayed the American people,” reasoning the bill’s spending levels will lead to “debt slavery” for the American people.

Read some of the posts between the two men below.

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