Laura Loomer comes out swinging over Elon-Trump war

Far-right activist Laura Loomer was quick with the jokes as President Donald Trump and his former adviser, tech billionaire Elon Musk, shared a nasty — and public — falling out.

- Isabel Keane, The Independent

Seemingly taking on Musk's formerly self-appointed role of “First Buddy,” Loomer was quick to back Trump — but also poke fun at the two powerful men’s intense social media spat. “BBB actually stands for Big beautiful breakup,” Loomer joked Thursday on X. Musk, 53, and Trump, 78, got into their respective social media sites — X and Truth Social — after Musk publicly criticised the president's tax bill, dubbed the “big beautiful bill,” just days after leaving his role leading DOGE. Earlier Thursday, Trump said he was “very disappointed” by Musk’s comments on his spending bill, which is working its way through Congress.

After Trump spoke out in the Oval Office, Musk took to X to say his former buddy would have lost the most recent presidential election without him. “Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate,” Musk wrote.

“Such ingratitude,” he added in a follow-up post. Sharing a screenshot of Musk’s retort, Loomer noted, “It’s heating up.”