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"This is not the end of DOGE, but really the beginning... The DOGE team will only grow stronger overtime... It is permeating throughout the government, and I am confident that, over time, we will see — a trillion dollars of waste and fraud reduction."
- Elon Musk
- Elon Musk
Musk’s interests, which we have reason to believe he pursued behind the scenes, were always on a collision course with what President Trump viewed as the interests of the United States.
“Elon, I want to thank you,” President Trump said in a cabinet meeting in March. “What he is, is a patriot. He’s become a friend of mine . . . He has never asked me for a thing.”
Yet just days earlier, the president had learned something that reportedly discomfited him deeply: The New York Times reported that the Pentagon was scheduled to brief Musk on a military plan relating to a “potential war” with China. The president learned of the meeting via the Times report, which infuriated him.
https://www.thefp.com/p/elon-trump-bromance-is-over
“Elon, I want to thank you,” President Trump said in a cabinet meeting in March. “What he is, is a patriot. He’s become a friend of mine . . . He has never asked me for a thing.”
Yet just days earlier, the president had learned something that reportedly discomfited him deeply: The New York Times reported that the Pentagon was scheduled to brief Musk on a military plan relating to a “potential war” with China. The president learned of the meeting via the Times report, which infuriated him.
https://www.thefp.com/p/elon-trump-bromance-is-over
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The Elon-Trump Bromance Crashes and Burns
A series of conflicts of interest cut to the core of the delicate tech bro-MAGA alliance.
“What emerges from the breakup of the year is a president keenly aware of conflicts of interest and meticulously committed to preventing them in the case of his biggest financial backer, who seems to have, on a few occasions, attempted to leverage their friendship for economic gain.”
https://www.thefp.com/p/elon-trump-bromance-is-over
https://www.thefp.com/p/elon-trump-bromance-is-over
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CAPUTO: One thing I didn’t report is that during that shouting match in April, Secretary Scott Bessent told Elon, “You’re a fraud. You promised $2 trillion in cuts. Then $1 trillion. Then $500 billion. Now it’s $150 million. You’re a fraud.”
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🔗 Nicholas J. Fuentes says: “There is zero doubt in my mind that Trump is named in the Epstein files. Elon is telling the truth.”
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Steve Bannon absolutely savaging Elon Musk this evening.
"President Trump empowered him more than anyone's ever been empowered, and people like me said you're making a mistake. This is a bad guy. He's going to turn on us. He's also totally incompetent."
"President Trump empowered him more than anyone's ever been empowered, and people like me said you're making a mistake. This is a bad guy. He's going to turn on us. He's also totally incompetent."