US EditionEnd of a Bromance: Why the Musk-Trump Partnership Blew Up
- On his final day as head of the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk was honored with an ornate golden key by President Donald Trump during a ceremony in the Oval Office on Friday, May 30, 2025.
- The public feud began after Musk opposed Trump's massive spending bill currently in the Senate, which Musk calls a "disgusting abomination" and which passed the House barely amid controversy over its $2.4 trillion deficit increase over 10 years.
- The two wealthy men exchanged harsh social media attacks this week, with Trump accusing Musk of knowing the bill details beforehand and Musk threatening to fund opponents of bill supporters in future elections.
- Musk spent nearly $300 million supporting Trump and Republicans in 2024, but Tesla sales and stock price have suffered recently, while Trump plans to sell his red Tesla amid this escalating dispute.
- The feud risks harming Musk's business interests tied to national security and Republican funding prospects, making the future of their relationship and its political impact uncertain.
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Between Trump and Musk, it is the end of the bromancy! After having decorated Musk and praised his "unbelievable services" within the DOGE, the American president proposes a law that would blow up the debt. Musk sutters, insults the project, and dreams of a new centrist party. As for Steve Bannon, he now proposes to expel this immigrant worker, not sufficiently docile, who believes that a country is running like a startup! Jeremy Stubbs tells an…
End of a bromance: Why the Musk-Trump partnership blew up
The falling-out between two alpha males made for astonishing social-media theater, but didn’t come as a surprise. From tariffs to the national debt, differences between the erstwhile allies were hardly hidden.
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