Members of Congress are sitting back and watching the show.
The bromance that’s captivated Washington for months — President Trump and Elon Musk — blew up on Thursday, a breakup between the world’s most powerful man and richest person that is leaving the White House’s legislative agenda hanging in the balance.
The implosion played out in public: Trump — in his first remarks since Musk trashed the “big, beautiful bill” as “a disgusting abomination” — said “Elon and I had a great relationship; I don’t know if we will anymore” and suggested his opposition was rooted in the legislation’s elimination of incentives for electric vehicles. Musk called that statement “false.”
And it unraveled from there. Musk went on a tirade against Trump on X, the social platform he owns, arguing Republicans w