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The on-again, off-again Trump-Musk relationship is back off again

Poynter · Tom Jones · last updated

Looks like the Donald Trump and Elon Musk feud is back on again.

Once again, Musk is criticizing Trump’s sweeping One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and now Trump is making noise about having Musk deported.

Their on-again, off-again bromance seemed to be back on again in recent weeks after Musk criticized the bill the first time. After some jabs back and forth, including Musk saying Trump never would have become president without him, the two seemed to patch things up. Or were at least trying not to fight in front of the kids, er, conservatives.

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