The toxic bromance of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk was always going to end ugly. These are not guys who take two deep breaths — or even one — before they tweet or care if a scorched earth insult also makes them look bad.
Another thing they have in common: They are both worshipped as demigods (or something even greater) by millions of people. And while an eventual reconciliation between the two highly transactional and unstable men can't be ruled out, the alliance between their respective tribes will be fractured. Sides will be chosen.
Musk was the president's top 2024 election donor — and also spent prodigiously on other Republicans' campaigns. Musk's cash bought him his own fake agency, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). His largesse also helped give Trump small, beautiful majorities in both houses of Congress, thus preventing any investigations into his administration's rampant lawbreaking, including DOGE's rampage of arbitrary firings and fund-slashing through nearly every government agency.
But the richest man in the world broke with the most powerful man in the world over the massive spending increases in the latter's "big, beautiful bill." And in just a few easy steps, Musk went from politely leaving the White House, to giving self-pitying interviews about how hard he tried to save America, to publicly blasting the bill and, finally, appearing to imply Trump's a pedophile and calling for his impeachment.
This is a preview of Anthony L. Fisher's latest column. Read the full column here.
