US EditionThe Alarming Part of the Musk-Trump Dispute - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
- Elon Musk and President Donald Trump ended their alliance following a physical confrontation in April 2025 outside the Oval Office.
- Tensions escalated after Musk criticized Trump’s budget proposal and connected him to the Epstein controversy, while Trump reportedly confided to his close associates that he believed Musk struggled with serious drug use.
- The confrontation erupted as Musk pushed his shoulder into Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over a dispute about government waste and IRS appointments, prompting insults and a brief scuffle.
- Steve Bannon recalled Trump telling aides, "This is too much," after hearing Bessent called Musk a "total fraud" following Musk's unfulfilled $1 trillion waste claim.
- The fallout brought public scrutiny to Musk's alleged drug use and prompted him to retreat from Washington, indicating the break permanently damaged his White House relationships.
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The alarming part of the Musk-Trump dispute - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
At the height of the juvenile flame war on Thursday between the world’s richest man and its most powerful one, Donald Trump posted a barely veiled threat on his website Truth Social. “The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts,” he wrote. “I was always surprised that Biden didn’t do it!”
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If you thought Elon and Donald's bitter public divorce would get weirder, you're right. Musk claimed credit for TACO's 2024 victory, tweeting, "Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate." He called it "ingratitude." Then, Musk claimed in another tweet that the Epstein files have not been released because Trump is in them. Of course, there is no word from Attorney…
Donald Trump has made it known that at the origin of his colossal fight with Elon Musk is the alleged drug dependence of the latter, which he accuses of having been dragged by his addiction to ketamine, an anesthetic that is also used in experimental treatments against depression, and a drug called Adderall, a central nervous system stimulant prescribed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, but which can lead to dependence when consumed …
Trump Called Musk 'Big-Time Drug Addict,' Said Physical Fight With Treasury Secretary Was 'Too Much'
Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s friendship imploded well before the Tesla CEO fired off a series of (since deleted) scathing X posts last week, as the president told insiders that the former DOGE head was a “big-time drug addict” and felt that a physical fight with the treasury secretary was “too much,” the Washington Post reported Saturday. Trump has cautioned insiders at the White House to be careful with Musk, telling JD Vance to “be cautious” w…
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