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How the feud between Elon Musk and Donald Trump exploded over 72 hours |
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By Clare Duffy and Amy O’Kruk, CNN |
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3:41 PM EDT, Fri June 6, 2025 |
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Source: CNN |
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An intense public feud erupted this week between President Donald Trump |
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and his one-time ally, billionaire Elon Musk, with an argument about |
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Trump’s massive tax and domestic policy bill raging across social |
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media and in the Oval Office. |
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Tensions began rising on Tuesday, when what Trump calls his “big, |
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beautiful bill” as a “disgusting abomination,” surprising |
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Republican leaders. |
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But the billionaire escalated the fight on Thursday when he began |
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sharing years-old comments from Trump and other Republican lawmakers |
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raising concerns about US government spending and the deficit. |
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Throughout Thursday and Friday morning, Trump and other prominent |
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figures from the president and the tech leader’s respective orbits |
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joined in. Trump even raised the idea of terminating contracts the |
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government holds with Musk’s companies. |
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The dispute signals just how much and how quickly the relationship |
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between Trump and the world’s richest man has broken down because of |
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disagreement over the bill. Musk was, up until recently, a staunch |
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supporter of the president and near-constant figure in the White House. |
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In an from government work last week, Musk said he would remain “a |
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friend and an advisor” to the Trump administration. |
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Here’s a timeline of the first 72 hours of the feud: |
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This is a developing feud. The timeline will be updated with new |
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developments. |
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