US EditionBuild-up to a blow-up: Inside the Trump-Musk meltdown
- On June 5, 2025, the previously cooperative relationship between the former U.S. President and the tech billionaire collapsed publicly amid intense exchanges and threats to terminate government contracts.
- The break-up followed Musk's harsh condemnation of Trump's tax-and-spending proposal, dubbed the 'Big Beautiful Bill,' which could increase the federal deficit by $2.4 trillion.
- Musk's businesses, primarily SpaceX, had received $38 billion in government contracts, including $6.3 billion in 2024, fueling tensions after Trump threatened to cancel those agreements.
- On June 5, Musk stated on X that 'without me, Trump would have lost the election,' while Trump called Musk 'unhinged' and said he asked him to leave his government role.
- This fallout may influence the 2024 elections as Musk could leverage his Republican connections and financial power to oppose lawmakers supporting Trump's agenda.
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(The Gateway Pundit)—It was a very explosive public “breakup” this week between the richest and brilliant man in the world, Elon Musk, and the most powerful man in the world, President Donald Trump. Some breakups take place in private behind closed doors. Some make headlines in every major publication. The bromance of the year fell apart on Wednesday when both President Trump and Elon Musk traded blows on social media. It was a sad development. …
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It was a very explosive public “breakup” this week between the richest and brilliant man in the world, Elon Musk, and the most powerful man in the world, President Donald Trump.
Letter: Witness the Trump-Musk rift and our negligent representatives. No wonder our young people have disengaged from politics.
Good grief! I expect either Musk or Trump to challenge the other to a meeting on the playground after school to duke it out, with their friends cheering them on.! What have we come to, as a nation, when the supposed leader of the free world is so hurt by criticism that he threatens to cancel government contracts with businesses owned by the critic? I doubt there is a clause in any of those contracts that states disagreeing with the president is …
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