#TrumpVsMusk The American president Donald Trump and the South African billionaire former head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk.
But beneath the media scandal lies something more raw: money, state subsidies, government contracts, and environmental cuts. Musk lost millions due to the president's policies, and that sealed the rift, according to Nau Bernués, economist and financial advisor invited to the program's roundtable. "Elon is a 'VIP planner'. He expected Trump to adjust, but the Republican came out to protect industries, to subsidize and to intervene," explained economist Mercedes D'Alessandro.