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Trump and Musk Fall Out
- Elon Musk and President Donald Trump publicly split in early June 2025 after Musk criticized Trump's large federal spending bill during a CBS News interview on May 27.
- Musk's departure from his White House advisory role followed months of private tensions stemming from his opposition to the $2.4 trillion budget deficit increase under Trump's 'big, beautiful' spending bill.
- Musk called the legislation a 'disgusting abomination' and launched a public campaign on social media starting June 3, accusing Trump of betraying promises and threatening to support Democrats in the midterms without evidence.
- Trump responded in an Oval Office press conference on May 30 calling Musk 'crazy', threatening to cancel Musk's government contracts, and blaming Musk's criticism on removal of electric vehicle mandates benefiting Tesla.
- The fallout risks undermining Trump’s legislative agenda, Musk’s business ties with the government, and the Republican Party’s midterm prospects, marking a significant rupture between two of America’s most powerful billionaires.
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A Trump-Musk Feud That’s Ripe for the Meme-ing
One of many Mean Girl references dominating the Musk-Trump feud feed (via X, all screenshots Isa Farfan/Hyperallergic)Elonald. Elump. Trelon. Trusk. Mump. Whatever combined moniker you gave Elon Musk and Donald Trump as they worked in tandem to diminish any vestige of a social safety net that remained in the United States, say goodbye to it, because it’s over.Musk announced his departure from the federal government last week in what initially ap…
Washington holds its breath as Trump and Musk break up
Maybe it was always going to end this way, with two billionaires angrily posting about each other on social media, fingers flying across pocket-sized screens as their incandescent feud burned hotter by the minute.
Los Angeles Times
Independent EspañolPerhaps he was always destined to end up like this, with two billionaires posting angry messages about the other on social networks, with their fingers flying over the screens of their mobile devices while their incandescent dispute rose at times.
East Bay Times
The Mercury newsTrump and Musk break up: Latest developments in their feud
By CHRIS MEGERIAN WASHINGTON (AP) — Maybe it was always going to end this way, with two billionaires angrily posting about each other on social media, fingers flying across pocket-sized screens as their incandescent feud burned hotter by the minute. Related Articles Elon Musk threatens to withdraw SpaceX capsule. Here’s what that would mean for NASA. How many in California and the Bay Area could be affected by Affo…
Trump drops three-word social media post morning after feuding with Musk
As the world is talking about Thursday's blow-up between the president and the richest person alive, Donald Trump dropped a three-word post on social media.Trump took to his own social media site, Truth Social, after a day of trading barbs with Elon Musk. While Musk claimed credit for Trump's victor...
The End of Silicon Politics
(Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images.)The “HUGEst” political alliance of the century is breaking apart before our eyes in suitably spectacular fashion.For the last months, the most powerful man in the world, Donald Trump, and the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, were a political item. Musk donated large sums to Trump’s campaign, lavished the newly reelected president with praise on his social network, and neglected his companies to pursue hi…
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