Trump v Musk has get very messy very quickly, and TV's punchline writers will be the only winners

And so, successful the end, it was the big, beauteous measure that prompted the big, beauteous bust up astir everyone knew was coming.

Ever since the Trump and Musk confederation was formed astir a twelvemonth ago, megalomaniac watchers the satellite implicit person been asking erstwhile and however it would end.

Now we person our answer; 137 days into Trump's presidency and with the fire powered ferocity of 1 of Musk's rocket launches.

At times, it felt voyeuristic to watch, the benignant of rubbernecking that takes spot with the ugliest of personage breakups. It's a Brangelina wrong the beltway, but with implications acold beyond it.

Because Musk was arsenic adjacent to the president arsenic anyone extracurricular his ain family. He spent weekends surviving astatine Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, his mum attended parties there, his lad wiped his bogies connected the resolute desk. But similar truthful galore home disputes, it got precise messy, precise quickly.

As ever erstwhile Trump has thing to say, helium waits for the inevitable question. It came instantly aft his gathering wrong the Oval Office with German Chancellor Freidrich Merz. A writer asked astir Musk's disapproval of his "big, beautiful" bill.

Trump saw his opening. "I've ever liked Elon. I'd alternatively person him criticise maine than the bill," helium said, rapidly noting that helium and Musk had a large relationship. "I don't cognize if we volition anymore," helium added.

Less than fractional an hr later, a station connected X by Musk made it precise evident that they would, indeed, nary longer person a large relationship.

"Without me, Trump would person mislaid the election," helium wrote. It was a torpedo that unleashed an, astatine times, unhinged backmost and distant including an unfounded allegation from Musk astir Trump being portion of the "Epstein files."

Just a week aft Trump presented Musk with a aureate cardinal successful a expansive farewell, Musk was burning the location down.

But this interruption up volition impact everyone involved, not to notation the American public. Brand Trump volition beryllium damaged by the nonaccomplishment of Musk's endorsement and loyalty.

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Republican politicians volition beryllium wary of angering Musk by voting for Trump's spending bill. The world's richest antheral has shown helium is consenting to enactment his wealth connected the enactment successful predetermination races and the midterms are looming.

The government's reliance connected Musk's companies is besides huge. Space X is the cardinal subordinate successful abstraction exploration and Musk has been providing invaluable proposal to the White House connected artificial quality and electrical vehicles. What volition present hap to the Department of Government efficiency?

Meanwhile shares are down importantly astatine each of Musk's companies with Trump apt to question vengeance. There could besides beryllium an investigation, now, into allegations that Musk's cause usage portion successful authorities was retired of control.

There are truthful galore unknowns and 1 certainty - determination are nary winners here, isolated from the comedians who commercialized successful jokes astir this brace of impulsive billionaires.