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President Trump and Elon Musk Deal with a Sudden Dispute
Recently, billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump have been engaged in a heated argument over Trump’s proposal to impose taxes, with Musk refusing to participate. It’s ironic, considering both have been friends and have respected each other since the beginning of Trump’s campaign—with Elon Musk supporting him throughout.
As soon as Trump became president, he appointed Musk as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which aims to reduce federal spending while eliminating fraud and abuse within the federal government. Just a week before their public argument, Donald Trump even gave him a golden key to the White House, saying he was welcome anytime, at the end of his role as DOGE.
However, this was before the two of them began arguing and criticizing each other online. It started when Musk disagreed with Trump’s latest budget and spending bill, which would control how the government would spend and collect taxes over the next couple of years. He exclaimed that it could put the government into debt and ruin America completely. Soon, he resigned from his job as DOGE at the White House, stating that he could no longer tolerate Trump’s bill, which could potentially destroy everything.
Trump retaliated quickly by stating that Elon Musk was worried that, due to a new law regarding electric vehicles, his company, Tesla, would start financially suffering. He even threatened to withdraw funds and dealings with both of Elon’s businesses, Tesla and the SpaceX program.
Soon, on social media and online, both begin telling their sides of this current disagreement. Their stories are practically the opposite of each other. Trump stated that Elon Musk knew more than most people about the bill when Musk said he was never shown the bill-not even once! Elon Musk told Trump that he would not have even won the election without his tremendous help with campaigning and he was being ungrateful. Trump later clarifies on the news that he thinks Musk has lost his sanity and is going crazy. The president even confesses that he is unaware if he and Musk will stay friends after this argument.
From friends to enemies, these two powerful men are battling over America’s heart. Both are convinced that the other one is in the wrong. None of them wants the other to win.

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