This is Splittsville, a world-leading power couple. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are in a messy public divorce.
Tensions between the former Oval Offices bubbling further in public view Thursday as they exchanged in public places and their own social media sites.
The world's most powerful elected politicians and wealthiest people have had a blowout, and the direct cause is the U.S. federal budget.
Musk has been increasingly devalued by the president’s signature budget bill since leaving his unusual administration last week, which has recently opened smoke that will allow the United States to penetrate its debt loopholes and call it “disgustingly abominable.”
Trump's answer: Musk is in pain. He suggested Musk was not satisfied with parts of the bill that harmed his electric vehicle business. He also suggested that Tesla billionaires missed the White House action.
And because it's Donald Trump's Washington, the German prime minister happened to sit in the room and witness the disputed side.
“I have a great relationship with me. I don't know if we'll do it again,” Trump told reporters in a long photo OP in the Oval Office on Thursday with Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office.
“He's not the first. People left my administration and they love us. And then at some point, they missed it so much…I don't know what it is. It's Trump Danger Syndrome, I think they call it.”
“They left, woke up in the morning, the charm disappeared, the whole world was different – they became hostile. I don't know what it is.”
Trump continues to escalate the controversy on his social media website. On Thursday afternoon, he posted Musk's “dressing thin” on social media platforms and suggested that he fire him.
“I asked him to leave,” Trump wrote, “It's an obvious lie. It's so sad.”
The president also said a thin threat: Trump wrote that an easy way to prune the federal budget is to cancel the government contract with Musk. “I’m always surprised that Biden didn’t do that!”
“Without me, Trump would lose it”
Meanwhile, Musk has been using X, a huge online loudspeaker he happens to have, constantly broadcasting and mining in government.
He argued that his business interests made him feel distressed about the legislation. The bill has passed the House but faces uncertain pathways in the Senate, eliminating the EV tax credit.
He asked for more thanks as nearly $400 million of CDN abandoned Trump and his allies to the election.
“Without me, Trump will lose the election,” Musk posted on X on Thursday.
“[Democrats] In the Senate will control the House, Republicans will be 51-49. ”
U.S. President Donald Trump praised billionaire Elon Musk for his time leading the administration’s efficiency ministry, an event at the end of Musk’s controversial term in the Trump administration.
Trouble hints in political paradise
It was a sudden plot twist: Last week, the two smiled and praised each other as Musk announced his departure from Washington.
But there are a lot of trouble behind the scenes. Occasionally there are reports of explosions between Musk and other members of the administration, The New York Times Report These sources are concerned that Musk uses different drugs frequently, including so much ketamine, that it affects his bladder. Musk denied it.
Now Musk has gone from White House consigliere to Chief Heckler in less than a week – even DC's speed record
As habits of Washington in the Trump era, gossip risks of human resources obscures the substantial challenges facing the U.S. government.
With the surge in U.S. debt levels and the cost of state debt that has recently exceeded military spending, Musk’s mission is to control finances.
He cut numerous offices, programs, research programs, and even the entire agency that oversees the U.S. international aid.
Still, it created a modest dent in federal spending: Musk's Governor Program estimated to cancel US$170 billion, less than $1 billion Annual budget deficit.
