The Trump-Musk implosion is finally here – grab the popcorn ...Middle East

That retirement from politics has not lasted for long. On Wednesday, Musk posted to X, the social network he owns, time and again urging Republicans to sink the budget bill Trump desperately wants them to pass – and threatens to oust them should they fail to do so.

So far, Musk has refrained from criticising the President personally, though he has reposted several memes naming Trump, and Trump has not retaliated against Musk by name – but he pointedly reposted Musk’s effusive farewell message from Doge onto Truth Social on Wednesday evening.

In the first days of Trump’s presidency, he and Musk were almost literally inseparable. Any time Trump was on camera, Musk would be in shot. Musk rented a $2,000-a-night cottage on the grounds of Mar-a-Lago, occupied an office in the West Wing of the White House, and even attended cabinet meetings.

What changed? It’s hard to be sure, but there was obvious growing distance between the two men. Trump’s White House chief of staff Susie Wiles had succeeded in getting Musk out of his West Wing office, meaning he was no longer in close physical proximity to Trump – and notoriously with Trump, if you are out of his sight, you are out of his mind.

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Musk did not just fund the contest, but effectively turned it into a referendum on himself. So when the Democratic-backed candidate won comfortably, Republicans took note: despite his ability to donate almost unlimited funds, Musk was an electoral liability.

The one thing holding Trump and Musk together, in public at least, was their desire to prove their liberal critics, who said their colossal egos and poor impulse control meant a clash was inevitable, wrong. They may even attempt a reconciliation for the cameras at some stage to confound their expectations. Both of their teams are aware of how much their opponents want them to be in conflict.

Should relations between Musk and Trump worsen, it sets the stage for a showdown between the world’s most powerful government and the richest man in its history – and no shortage of people will be watching it, with popcorn close to hand.

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