#TrumpTariffs Trump-Musk Alliance Unravels: A Timeline Of America's Most Dramatic Political Saga
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Trump-Musk Alliance Unravels: A Timeline Of America's Most Dramatic Political Saga
Musk’s public break with Trump threatens further fallout for the allies he helped to install in key positions across federal agencies when overseeing the Department of Government Efficiency.
Bloomberg News
Published On
05 Jun 2025, 11:09 PM IST
Last Updated On
05 Jun 2025, 11:19 PM IST
The rift between the two billionaire showmen — each renowned for seeking out the spotlight, and not for sharing it — had seemed to be widening for a while. (Photo: Kevin Dietsch/ Bloomberg)
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From the moment Donald Trump and Elon Musk joined forces, betting in Washington held that the president’s bond with the First Buddy who bankrolled his comeback election win wouldn’t last.
It didn’t.
A relationship that blossomed at the height of the 2024 presidential campaign and deepened as Musk joined the new administration to slash the federal bureaucracy unraveled this week in spectacular form, with the world’s richest man declaring his opposition to tax legislation that’s the centerpiece of Trump’s domestic agenda.