June 5, 2025.

The U.S. political world was consumed today by a public fight between President Donald J. Trump

and his former sidekick, billionaire Elon Musk.

Musk invested about $290 million into the 2024 election,

vowing to elect Trump in order to get rid of government investigations into his businesses,

he worried, would take him down.

When Trump took office, Musk became a fixture in the White House,

attending cabinet meetings and heading the Department of Government Efficiency.

That group set out to kill government programs by withholding congressionally approved funds at the same time that its staff sucked up information on Americans that could feed the training of artificial intelligence and killed

the investigations into his businesses Musk had worried about. In February, Musk posted on social media,

I love Donald Trump as much as a straight man can love another man. But Musk overstepped boundaries and overstayed his welcome,

even as his antics hurt sales of his signature car, the Tesla, inspiring Trump to do a car

commercial forum on the White House grounds. Just a week ago, Musk officially left the White

House on the same day that an article in the New York

Times documented his heavy drug use on the campaign. Then, on Tuesday, June 3rd, he took a

public stand against the omnibus bill Trump desperately wants Congress to pass, posting on X,

I'm sorry, but I just can't stand it anymore.

This massive, outrageous, pork-filled congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination.

Shame on those who voted for it. You know you did wrong. You know it. And with that, the falling out began. This morning,

Trump told reporters he was disappointed in Musk. Ron Filipkowski of Midas followed the saga from there.

Without me, Trump would have lost the election. Democrats would control the House and the Republicans would be

5149 in the Senate, Musk wrote. Such ingratitude. Trump then suggested that the easiest way to

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