The Elon-Trump Bromance Crashes and Burns
The Free Press,
by
Batya Ungar-Sargon
Original Article
Posted By: gaboy,
6/7/2025 12:46:07 PM
Elon Musk is First Buddy no longer.
The epic bromance between Musk and President Donald Trump, between the richest man on the planet and the most powerful one, has come to an end, not with a bang but with a tweet: Just days after Trump granted Musk a golden key in an Oval Office send-off from his role as head of DOGE and adviser to the White House, Musk unleashed on the president’s Big Beautiful Bill: “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore,” he wrote on his social media platform, X. “This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 6/7/2025 1:14:18 PM (No. 1961147)
At this point, the media, both libtard and conservative, are simply self-stimulating themselves with this topic. I personally am seriously bored with it. Move on already.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
privateer 6/7/2025 1:16:23 PM (No. 1961148)
Disappointing, if genuine. But to those 4 or 5 dimensional chess theorists: just yesterday we celebrated a mission that depended largely on the Allies convincing the German High Command that we had amassed an entire invasion force in East Anglia, poised to strike Calais. They fell for the ruse, and chances of success of the Normandy landing were greatly increased. Just my odd musing.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
earlybird 6/7/2025 1:26:59 PM (No. 1961158)
On this story, an article dated two days ago is really stale. Sorry.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
FJB 6/7/2025 1:32:52 PM (No. 1961164)
Someone on Newsmax thought Musk's rant might have been drug-induced.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
DVC 6/7/2025 1:33:26 PM (No. 1961165)
Sorry, I never read articles written by someone with a name like that. Sounds like a character in "Dune", and not a good guy.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
voxpopuli 6/7/2025 1:40:01 PM (No. 1961172)
Batya Ungar-Sargon
ditto # 5
and Free Press?? sounds communist
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Golden Goose 6/7/2025 1:40:15 PM (No. 1961173)
A great deal of theater, no doubt.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 6/7/2025 2:13:34 PM (No. 1961179)
The media is pretty much worthless, both sides. They can't just report the news; they have to create a narrative. The deficit mushroomed from under a trillion/year pre-pandemic to over 2 trillion/year afterwards. Apparently, Trump's big, beautiful bill did not cut the deficit, and that's why Musk has a bug up his rear end. Either that, or Musk joined the administration to protect his interests, and it didn't work out.
Musk needs to stop blaming Trump and find out why the deficit wasn't cut. Trump needs to stop playing tit for tat. There's a job to be done.
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I have supported both men, but this is all very disappointing. Both need to stop with all this childishness. Shut the heck up and get on with priorities!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
stablemoney 6/7/2025 2:47:59 PM (No. 1961190)
I don't think Tesla and Space X BOD and shareholders can be very happy with Musk's immaturity. This is not the behavior expected of a CEO.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
YorkieMom 6/7/2025 3:47:29 PM (No. 1961211)
I'm not picking sides in this, unlike everyone in the media. My only comment is both men need to act like adults, state their opinions calmly, then try to resolve them, without name calling. The lefties are happier than pigs in mud. We need both to save our country. All of the news is off my radar for now.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Daisymay 6/7/2025 4:35:09 PM (No. 1961223)
I'm with #9. I want Trump and Elon to take their little grade school fight back inside any building and away from public view. Why give the Democrats ammo to use against Trump? If they want to squabble, let them, but do it in Private. Trump does not need to be king of the world. If Elon doesn't agree with some things Trump does, he should just be quiet and let Trump do his thing. We can only have one President at it a time! I'm tired of the whole thing! Move on!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Kate318 6/7/2025 4:45:00 PM (No. 1961227)
Good Lord, Batya, can’t you tell when you are being played?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
judy 6/7/2025 6:22:54 PM (No. 1961259)
Both are acting like juveniles…grow up!
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
caljeepgirl 6/7/2025 6:52:54 PM (No. 1961270)
I doubt that Ms. Batya Ungar-Sargon is responsible for her name, but I can say that The Free Press site retains an excellent stable of both liberal and conservative writers....check it out!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 6/7/2025 7:52:35 PM (No. 1961297)
#5, DVC, Batya is a serious reporter and dissing her for her name is beneath you.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
homefry 6/8/2025 6:45:24 AM (No. 1961447)
Give it a little time and We'll see whats up. I doubt that it is nearly what they are trying to make us believe.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
mifla 6/8/2025 9:26:19 AM (No. 1961544)
My first reaction to this fight was that the Party of Stupid was back.
My second reaction is that two large egos are destined to clash sooner or later.
This is Trump's Achilles Heel. He is the President. When will he learn?
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 6/8/2025 2:41:50 PM (No. 1961671)
To all of the people bashing Donald Trump and the way he is handling himself, I have a question to ask. How well did things work out when George W Bush was belittled AND how well did things work out when Sarah Palin was treated in the fashion she was? Liberals escalate the attacks and Donald Trump is the ego? Elon Musk makes the statement about the Jeffrey Epstein list and that Donald Trump might be on it? I think the smears against Donald Trump have become OUTRAGEOUS and RIDICULOUS. Some of the them are downright nasty and that one from Elon Musk was uncalled for.
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