Donald Trump and Elon Musk are watching the launch of SpaceX Starship Rocket in Brownsville, Texas on November 19, 2024, shortly after Trump’s election victory.
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The very public bromance of Elon Musk and President Donald Trump has experienced a very public farewell.
On Thursday, their disagreement on the Republican giant building, which has advanced most of Trump’s biggest domestic policy priorities, broke out into personal attacks, with the two men using their respective social media platforms to cast insults.
After Trump threatened a true society and threatened to cut off billions of dollars in federal grants and contracts with Musk businesses, Musk claimed that without evidence, Trump appeared in government documents relating to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. “That’s the real reason they’re not public,” Musk argued.
The White House declined to comment on the Mask accusations.
Trump, Musk and current President J.D. Vance will be attending the 125th Army and Naby soccer match held in Landover, Maryland on December 14, 2024. After the election, in the first months of the administration, the mask was often spotted on the Trump side.
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The explosion marked the end of an alliance between the president and billionaires, and lasted much longer than many observers expected.
After years of donations to the Democrats, the mask appeared in 2024 The biggest Republican political umbapouring nearly $300 million into backing Trump. He soon became one of the most visible members of the president’s inner circle, appearing at cabinet meetings alongside Trump in his oval office, leading government efficiency.
February, Musk Posted on x: “I love @RealdonaldTrump.
Here is a brief history of the card mask relationship:
Before 2024
Musk says he voted for Democrats, including Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020. He was critical of Trump in his first term; He resigned from two advisory committees After the Trump administration withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement.
2022, Trump called Musk “b******Artist,” claimed the billionaire told him he had voted for him. Musk fought back Trump was told to take office too. “I don’t hate that guy, but it’s time for Trump to lean over his hat and set sail in the sunset,” he wrote.
July 2024
Musk supported Trump Penn after an attempted assassination at Butler. “I fully support President Trump and hope for his quick recovery.” Musk wrote on x A few minutes after filming.
Later in the month, Musk revealed he had created and revealed that he was funding the Super PAC “to promote the principles that made America great in the first place.” He was before I said He did not donate to either presidential candidate. He continues to donate $277 million In the election cycle.
August 2024
Musk hosted an interview with Trump on X. After a long technical delay, the conversation continued largely into the outline of Trump’s campaign speech, with the two men praised and discussing each other.
Musk also had the opportunity to pitch Trump to the “Government Efficiency Commission,” which said billionaires would be taking part.
On October 5th, 2024, Musk jumps on stage to join Trump at a campaign rally at the scene of Trump’s assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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October 2024
Musk hit the campaign trail along with the cards. Custom black hat, billionaire, “make America great again” He addressed a rally at Penn’s Butler.where is he? I flew around On stage, I described myself as a “dark magazine” and predicted it. “This will be the last election.” What if Trump couldn’t win?
Musk also took the stage at another Trump rally at Madison Square Garden in New York, winning a $1 million gift for voters in Swing State.
November 2024
Musk spent his election night at Trump’s Mar Arago in Florida. The next morning he celebrated by clearly posting AI-generated images He himself captioned, “It’s an American morning again.”
Trump thanked Musk in his victory speech, declaring, “The Star is Born – Elon!”
Late 2024
Trump has announced that Musk and former Republican presidential first candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will jointly lead “government efficiency” with a focus on restraining federal spending. At the time it was not clear whether the government existed inside or outside the government.
Musk and Lamaswamy have taken the pitch to Capitol Hill and proposed cutting the federal workforce by 75%, cutting the federal expenditure by $2 trillion, and eliminating the entire institution, including the Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Ramaswamy left the project before Trump took office.
January 2025
Musk was one of several tech billionaires attending Trump’s inauguration. At another event that day, he sparked anger when he gave the most visible salute with the Nazis.
Musk gestures as he speaks at the first event held in Washington, DC on January 20, 2025.
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After taking office, Musk joined the White House as an unpaid presidential advisor. His “special government employee” status meant that he had 130 day watches. He quickly became the most visible face of the government’s efficiency, or Doge Bureau. It is not a federal division created by Congress despite its name. Musk was the de facto leader of Doge, despite the Trump administration repeatedly attempting to argue in court that he was not the case.
Musk and Trump will speak with Musk’s son X at an event in the Oval Office on February 11, 2025.
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February 2025
Trump and Musk appeared together in an oval office accompanied by masked young son and defended Doge’s work, cutting out the belt through a federal agency.
“People voted for a massive government reform, and that’s what people are trying to get,” Musk told reporters. “They’re going to get what they voted for.”
They also address concerns that many Musk companies, which operate and regulate businesses with some of the institutions Doge is targeting, have created conflicts of interest.
Trump said he would ban Musk from government jobs that he believed could cause conflict. “If you think of that, if you think there’s a lack of transparency or conflict of interest, you won’t let him do that segment or see the area or see the area,” Trump said.
The masks were added later in the month Trump’s first cabinet meeting. Trump introduced Musk, saying that the billionaire is “sacrificing a lot” through his government work.
Musk will make his remarks at a Cabinet meeting held in Washington, DC on February 26, 2025.
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When asked by journalists about reports that some agency managers were unhappy with Musk’s slash-and-burn approach, Trump asked, “Are there any unhappy people?” His questions were filled with laughter.
A week later, Trump took the rare step of keeping Musk publicly. On March 6, he told cabinet members that they were in charge of job cuts at their institutions rather than musks.
Trump and Musk are sitting in a Tesla car on the South Lawn of the White House on March 11, 2025. Trump opposed Elon Musk’s company boycotting, saying he would buy the Tesla vehicle for what he calls Elon Musk’s “confidence and support show.”
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March 2025
Trump and Musk took an unprecedented step towards transforming the White House lawn into a temporary Tesla showroom. Trump sat inside the red Model S with Musk and announced his intention to buy the Tesla. This casts his support behind far-right parties amid Musk’s global backlash against Tesla for his controversial political involvement in both the US and Europe.
May 2025
The masks have been announced He had left the government and cited the end of his “scheduled time” as a special government employee. At the final oval office press conference, Trump praised Musk as “one of the greatest business leaders and innovators the world has ever produced.”
Trump will present “The White House Key” to Musk on May 30, 2025 on his final day with the administration. mask.
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A few days later, Musk began opposing the so-called “Big Beautiful Building,” causing a federal deficit and revoking Doge’s cost-cutting efforts.
June 5th, 2025
The sniper escalated into an all-out war between the billionaires and the president.
Trump Posted About his true social site: “Eron ‘wears thin,’ I asked him to leave, I took away his EV delegation.
Musk was shot in a rapids on the X post. I wrote it.
He also reposted a call for Trump to be fired each, writesimply “yes.”
