Last fall, I thought the unholy alliance between Donald Trump and Elon Musk would be short-lived, and that the whole thing would end in tears and melodrama. I was wrong about the timeline, but not the “it will end in tears” thing. The ugly Musk-Trump bromance lasted much longer than many of us believed, but all that means is that break-up is even messier than any of us could have dreamt. Basically, Musk officially “left” Washington last week, and Trump even had a little farewell event for Musk in the Oval Office. Musk turned up with a black eye, looking and sounding high as a kite. Trump’s people kicked Musk on his way out the door, briefing the NYT and WSJ about all of Musk’s shenanigans, lies, drugs and drama.
It all started falling apart a few days ago, when Musk began publicly questio