How Trump is intertwined and musk despite the fall

Although observers have long been speculated that Donald Trump and Eileon Musk will eventually fall, a few expected the speed and honorable that their disagreement erupted on social media.

Since Musk pledged his full support for the president after an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania less than a year ago, the political and commercial interests of the two men became increasingly intertwined.

In many major areas – including political financing, government contracts and their personal relations – the two men came to rely on each other, which means that the end of the coalition is probably chaotic.

This holds their repercussions from the rift and guarantees that, wherever the row from here, it will remain linked – and they have the ability to harm each other in multiple ways.

Over the past year, Musk’s donations for Trump and other Republicans were enormous – totaling 290 million dollars (214 million pounds), according to Follow -the -sacred campaign financing site.

On Thursday, Musk claimed that the president won the elections because of him, and complained of “Ingratation”.

There is a clear counter example. Earlier this year, the musk washed $ 20 million in a major judicial race in Wisconsin, however, his chosen Republican candidate with 10 percentage points in government, Trump won last November.

However, Musk’s donations are a large part of the money that the Republicans will miss as they are trying to get the Congress feature in the mid -term elections in November 2026.

Perhaps a problem they face anyway. Musk has already said that he would contribute to “many” in the future campaigns.

But can you ask the White House musk biscuit not only to withdraw, but throw his money behind Trump’s opposition?

This was hinted in this way on Thursday when he posted a X poll with the question: “Is it time to create a new political party in America that already represents 80 % in the middle?”

Musk companies including Spacex and their branch Starlink and Tesla offer a great deal of work with the United States government.

Spacex was alone It granted 20.9 billion dollars (16.3 billion pounds) in US government contracts since 2008According to the analysis by the BBC verification.

Trump realizes that this gives him an influence on the richest man in the world.

On Thursday: “The easiest way to save money in our budget and billions and billions of dollars is to finish Elon’s government subsidies and contracts. I have always been surprised that Biden did not do it!”

Musk threatened revenge by turning off Dragon’s Dragon, which equals astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station. But he later retracted this threat.

In practice, canceling government contracts or withdrawing from government contracts will be a complex and long legal process, and at the present time, it is likely that the US government will continue to do a great deal of business with Musk companies.

No other company, unlike Spacex, can make Dragon and Falcon 9 Rockts, and NASA has adhered to a number of tasks of space stations and moon using Spacex Craft.

Despite these commercial partnerships, Musk and its companies also face investigations by a number of government agencies – more than 30 years, according to a report issued by the New York Times – and organizational issues such as approval of taxis that are not a Tesla driver.

When Musk has been given the task of establishing the Ministry of Government Efficiency to reduce costs as one of the main engines for change in Trump within the US federal government, it has received a wide scale for the selection of its employees.

According to DOGE staff leakage lists, many of them previously worked for Musk. Although Musk left Doge a week ago, many employees are still in their government jobs.

Some DOGE staff also have profound ties with Trump camp. Katie Miller – who worked in the first Trump administration and married the current Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller – Doug spokesman.

However, CNN reported that Mrs. Miller left the government last week and is now working “full -time” for musk.

There are others in the Trump administration whose loyalty can be tested by the dispute. David Sachs, who was appointed by Trump as his best advisor in artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies, is close to Musk, after he worked with Qatari decades ago in PayPal.

In X, many CEOs of Silicon Valley were alongside the influencers in the Maga world choosing both sides and making both the backward messages published by the president and the richest man in the world.

Yougov polling company Snap survey was conducted on Thursday Question of the people who were standing with them. The results indicated that 70 % of Republican respondents said Trump, compared to less than 1 in 10 who chose musk.