Elon: I expected Trump to stay bought
By 
Trump suggest that Elon has "Trump derangement syndrome"
[image or embed]— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) June 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
This doesn’t mean that DOGE is over or that Elon won’t spend a lot of money to elect Republicans, but I don’t think this is just kayfabe either:
Long-simmering tensions between President Trump and Elon Musk burst into the open on Thursday, as the two men traded barbs and insults, signaling the rupturing of a relationship that had been one of the most consequential in modern American politics.
Trump, publicly addressing Musk’s latest attacks on his signature tax bill for the first time, said he was disappointed in his former White House adviser and suggested he was suffering from “Trump derangement syndrome.” Musk, who spent hundreds of millions of dollars to help get Trump re-elected, shot back in real time on social media that Trump was ungrateful and wouldn’t be sitting in the Oval Office without his support.
The feud could have serious consequences for both Trump and Musk. Musk on Thursday mused on social media about starting a new political party and encouraged Republicans to side with him in his spat with Trump, as Tesla shares declined. And Trump threatened to eliminate government subsidies and contracts for Musk’s businesses.
For months, Trump and Musk had enjoyed a marriage of convenience, and the White House granted the billionaire a long leash to express his opinions publicly as he worked to cut spending through his Department of Government Efficiency. They publicly praised each other, even as frustrations festered behind the scenes.
When Musk aired his initial criticisms of the tax and spending package, Trump held his tongue, hoping to maintain a strong relationship with the billionaire. But Musk’s decision in recent days to ratchet up his attacks on the bill made their uneasy alliance unsustainable, according to people close to both men.
As a lib, let me be clear that I would be very owned if Trump were to defund Elon.
In related an very entertaining news:
[PC]
Now I’m going to pack my things and go:
BTW I know I’m Charlie Brown eyeing that football, but this could be a real problem for Trump. The right wing fever swamps are all in on the Epstein Files as a kind of Protocols of the Elders of Zion for pervs, and of course it’s perfectly possible that Epstein had a bunch of dirt on Trump.
Between this and the Santa Ono thing I sure hope it’s not possible to OD on schadenfreude.