June 6, 2025.

Last night, billionaire Elon Musk indicated he would be willing to paper over his fight with President Donald J. Trump.

Perhaps remembering, as Peresh Dave of Wired noted, that his companies stand to lose $48 billion over the next 10 years if they lose their government contracts.

Trump spent this morning calling news anchors and telling them he's not bothered by the fight.

According to Nikki McCann Ramirez of Rolling Stone, Trump today called

CNN's Dana Bash, the Fox News channel's Brett Bayer, ABC News's Jonathan Carl, and CBS News's Robert Costa

to claim he's not even thinking about Elon before bashing him as the man who has lost his mind.

Yesterday, Lauren Good, of Wired, reported that big tech investors and executives were

trying to walk a fine line between the two men, trying not to take a stand for or against either.

JV. Last, of the bulwarkark noted that no one was more hesitant to take

aside than Vice President J.D. Vance, who wants to keep the favor of his Silicon Valley patrons,

but also needs Trump's backing. At 1028 last night, after Musk was already retreating, Vance posted on social media, President

Trump has done more than any person in my lifetime to earn the trust of the movement

he leads.

I'm proud to stand beside him.

As last notes, this was a pretty weak statement, and Trump is smart enough to understand that this is a confession.

Do not doubt. Don't second guess and do not challenge the President of the United States Donald Trump,

House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican of Louisiana, warned Republican lawmakers.

He is the leader of the party.

He's the most consequential political figure of our time.

After Russian officials said they were prepared to offer

Musk political asylum,

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