We’ve clearly clarified that the Elon-Trump feud is real. I assume you’ve seen or heard about the back and forth social media salvos in which Trump has threatened to terminate Musk’s companies’ contracts. Musk has claimed responsibility for Trump’s election and claims Trump is in the “Epstein Files”.
Musk has now at least shown that he’s serious about this, not just whining about the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ which the White House and the Hill mainly didn’t care about. This is a truly sui generis situation in the sweep of American history, in large part because we’ve never had a US President who is governing in the way Donald Trump is or willing to do the things he’s willing to do. We’ve also not really – though here history’s analogs are less certain – had a plutocrat with Musk’s scale of wealth and hold over multiple critical industries. There are even fun side questions: who gets custody of Katie Miller? (Google it.)
