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From bros to foes: how the unlikely Trump-Musk relationship imploded
US President Donald Trump and billionaire businessman Elon Musk attend a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on May 30, 2025.
When Donald Trump met privately with White House officials on Wednesday, there was little to suggest that the US President was close to a public break with Elon Musk, the billionaire businessman who helped him win a second term in office.
Two White House officials familiar with the matter said Trump expressed confusion and frustration in the meeting about Musk’s attacks on his sweeping tax and spending bill. But he held back, the officials said, because he wanted to preserve Musk’s political and financial support ahead of the midterm elections.
