Titanic clash of egos

The Trump-Musk bromance is over for sure, and the US is now caught up in a titanic clash between the most powerful leader and the richest man in the world; the media is in a feeding frenzy.

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Not long ago, billionaire Elon Musk's money talked, and Donald Trump listened. Today, President Trump's power is doing all the talking, but Musk won't listen.

Trump is reported to have ended Musk's service on a high note. Musk received a special White House send-off before returning to his business empire, wherein lies his real strength. But their differences have since come to a head, with the duo trading swipes in public. Tensions flared over Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) proposing sweeping tax cuts, which are expected to add as much as USD 3 trillion to the US debt, and the inveterate austerity advocate, Musk, has called the OBBB a 'disgusting abomination' that will worsen America's debt burden.

Trump has warned Musk of very serious consequences if the latter backs the Democrats in next year's midterm elections.