President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s war of words has left Washington analyzing how quickly their once close relationship deteriorated and the implications. But social media users around the world took out their popcorn, flocked to their devices, and chimed in as the feud played out on social media. From Musk and Trump’s supporters cheering … Read more
How the Musk-Trump blowup ends, nobody knows. Most commentary gives President Donald Trump the advantage. But Elon Musk’s willingness to spend his fortune on elections gives him one distinct advantage — the ability to drive a brittle party system into chaos and loosen Trump’s hold on it. Thus far, Musk has raised two electoral threats. … Read more
Even by the standards of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk’s relationship — an unprecedented alliance punctuated by a meme-inspired reshaping of the government, numerous rocket launches, assassination attempts, a quarter-billion-dollar political gamble and electric car photo-ops — it’s been an unusual week. For months, Musk had been the closest of Trump’s advisers — … Read more