US EditionFrom Bros to Foes: How Trump-Musk Relationship Imploded
- Elon Musk and President Donald Trump entered a public feud in early June 2025, playing out mainly on social media platforms like X and Truth Social.
- The conflict began as Musk criticized Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, while Trump expressed disappointment and threatened to cut Musk’s government subsidies and contracts.
- Musk invoked Trump's connection to the Epstein files and suggested forming a new political party, while Trump retaliated with personal attacks and funding threats, causing Tesla shares to plummet over 14%.
- Observers compared the feud to a reality TV spectacle, with Nicole Wallace calling it a window into corruption, and media figures warning of its serious political implications beyond tabloid drama.
- The feud threatens Trump’s outreach to key voter groups and Musk’s government interests, while White House aides scheduled a call to possibly repair this unprecedented political rupturing.
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Washington Roundup: Breakdown of Trump-Musk relationship, wrongly deported man returned
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Less than a week after President Donald Trump held an Oval Office event to mark the end of Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s tenure as a “special government employee,” the relationship between the two men appeared to deteriorate as their feud played out on social media. The same week, the Trump administration returned for the first time a wrongly deported man based on a judge’s order, and a federal judge ruled the government must gra…
Relationship between 47th president and key advisor implodes in spectacular public feud
By Michelle L. PriceThe Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s alliance took off like one of SpaceX’s rockets this week. It was supercharged and soared high. And then it blew up.The relationship between the 47th president and billionaire Elon Musk, who once wielded significant power as head of the administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, is now in the dumps. The MAGA loyalists publicly traded barbs June 5 on …
Donald Trump and Elon Musk have maintained for almost a year the most significant idyll possible: the most powerful man in the world and the richest man in the world, united to transform the U.S., and beyond. Love has dramatically imploded this week, between insults, accusations and threats. This is the romance that has marked Trump’s return to power, at the stroke of tweet and declaration, from falling in love to breaking up. A few minutes afte…
Trump-Musk relationship implodes in taunts, threats
What happenedSimmering tensions between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk burst into the open Thursday as a dispute over Trump's multitrillion bill snowballed into accusations of involvement with notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and threats of financial and electoral retribution.Who said whatThe Trump-Musk bromance "took off like one of SpaceX's rockets" a year ago, The Associated Press said. "It was supercharged and soared high. And then …
The president of the United States and the boss of Tesla clashed with messages interposed on their social networks.
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