Trump-Musk breakup: What to know

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Welcome to The Logoff: Is the Trump-Musk partnership over? It’s difficult — however after right this moment, it’s trying extra like sure.

What simply occurred? President Donald Trump has pinned his legislative hopes on one “ big, beautiful bill ,” which handed the Home final month. Right this moment, Elon Musk took goal on the invoice as “huge, outrageous, pork-filled…a disgusting abomination” that might “massively enhance” the funds deficit.

Does it matter what Musk thinks? Perhaps not as a lot because it as soon as did. It is a transitional second for Musk, who's on his method out after the official finish of his time as a authorities worker final week. Trump, in a farewell press conference , downplayed the departure, saying, “Elon’s actually not leaving. He’s going to be forwards and backwards.”

In personal, Trump has reportedly expressed some skepticism about Musk, asking whether or not efforts by the Division of Authorities Effectivity have been “all bullshit.” Regardless of that, reporting has to this point urged that the Trump-Musk relationship stays generally amicable — however Musk’s new broadside towards Trump’s invoice could also be an indication of issues fraying.

What did Musk truly accomplish? In some methods, comparatively little — as my colleague Andrew Prokop has reported , Musk and DOGE did not get wherever near cuts on the promised scale. On the similar time, nonetheless, Musk had completed a horrifying quantity of harm — his decimation of US international assist alone might have already got triggered tons of of hundreds of deaths, by some estimates , and can proceed to trigger much more.

What's going to Musk do now? Allegedly, return to specializing in his lengthy record of firms, Tesla and SpaceX chief among them , and spend much less time on politics. Musk also said in May that he would do “lots much less” political spending going ahead. On the very least, his feedback Tuesday recommend he’s not all the best way completed with politics, although it stays to be seen how influential he will be.

And with that, it’s time to sign off…

We’re returning to a Logoff traditional right this moment, with my colleague Patrick Reis’s favourite livestream from a bald eagle’s nest . The nest, dwelling to bald eagles Jackie and Shadow, is positioned in Massive Bear Valley, California. I hope it’s a peaceable second on your night, and we’ll see you again right here tomorrow.