Since Donald Trump and Ilon Musk joined forces, in Washington bet that the president’s bond with the “first colleague” who funded his election victory in the re -election would not last.

Did not last, reports Bloomberg.

A relationship that flourished at the climax of the 2024 presidential campaign and deepened as Musk joined the new government to reduce federal bureaucracy, collapsed miserably this week, with the richest man in the world declaring his opposition to his tax law.

By posting on social media that urge legislators to reject Trump’s “big beautiful bill”, Musk revealed a rupture that grew up between him and the president for weeks, which was originally fueled by clashes with members of the Council of Ministers on the cuts and cuts.

Musk’s public rupture with Trump threatens his allies with further impact, which has helped to be placed in federal services during his term as head of the Doge Department, which pressed Trump to create.

He also raises questions about whether the billionaire who spent the most money in the 2024 elections will remain a reliable source of funding so that Trump maintains control of Republicans in the House of Representatives in the interim elections and make his political movement permanently.

The “Trump orbit”

Government officials, who have been upset with the power and the way Musk behaves, are moving to reaffirm their influence on executive power since he announced his departure from Doge, people who know the matter said.

People reported that the withdrawal of the appointment of Jared Eizakman, a Musk ally who was ready to run NASA, was guided by Sergio Gor – the director of the President’s Personnel Office, with whom Musk had been arguing during his Dog.

“Much of Musk’s power came from the fact that it was considered an extension of Trump,” said Steven Maire, who runs the Consulting Company Beacon Policy Advisers. “But now that there is a distance between them, this power can weaken.”

“I always talk about the ‘evolving track’ around Trump – people are constantly changing and moving away,” Mairou added. “I wouldn’t say that Musk’s relationship with Trump has been interrupted. But among the withdrawal of the appointment of Aijakman and his public criticism for the tax bill seems to be located. In his decreasing orbit phase. “

A White House official in an email pointed out the successive donations that Isaacman had made to the Democrats in the past, implying that this was the reason his appointment was canceled. In a Podcast interview on Wednesday, Isaacman stressed that he did not believe that this was the reason, as the information had long been available in public opinion.

“President Trump is the final decision -making officer on who has the privilege of serving his historical government,” said White House spokesman Liz Houston. “Any claims to the contrary are completely false.”

High personal costs

Musk spent hundreds of millions to elect Trump and Republicans in 2024, and when the president defeated Kamala Harris in the November elections, he turned to Musk to lead an effort to reduce the size of the government.

Musk dived into the federal bureaucracy, while Trump launched a series of executive actions, each of which sought to dismantle the administrative state with what the White House called “Trump speed”.

However, rapid progress in conservative priorities was accompanied by a price for Musk, who has seen his net fortune collapsed partially because of the tire of his reputation inside and abroad by his political actions and his relationship with Trump.

Musk’s pure property – which is largely linked to Tesla’s performance – has been reduced so far by approximately $ 64.1 billion This year, according to data gathered by Bloomberg Billionaires Index. This is the biggest loss of any of the 500 richest people in the world for whom the agency is monitoring its property.

And now, on its top agenda, the decline in deficit, any success can be claimed by Musk that it has been achieved (in its own words, “at high personal costs and risk”) – can be stifled by the signature of the President himself.

Congress’s budget office predicted that the tax bill and expenditure passed by the House of Representatives and is at the center of Trump’s legislative agenda. add more than $ 2.4 trillion In the US budget deficits over the next 10 years, reducing revenue by $ 3.67 trillion, and will reduce spending by only $ 1.25 trillion. Once Donald Trump and Ilon Mask were joined by his funding forces in Washing. Re -election would not last.

In addition, the Trump bill will eliminate some of the valuable tax incentives that boost the companies of Ilon Musk. Musk personally appealed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson to preserve tax credits for electric vehicles, according to a person who knows the matter, but eventually lost this battle.

The tycoon’s criticism of the state spending package – which Trump has described as a “big, beautiful bill” – was gradually increasing.

On Tuesday, however, Musk attacked the bill with unprecedented cruelty, describing it as a “day -to -day bill” and “disgusting abomination”.

“Spring the knife” to the White House, Musk used the US government’s argument, noting that the bill would significantly expand the federal budget deficit.

Until Wednesday afternoon, Musk spoke of “debt slavery” and posted Uma Therman’s poster holding a Samurai – poster from the movie “Kill Bill” in a play as the English word for the bill is Bill.

On Thursday the vendetta went to another (so far) level, with exchanging heavy fires between the two men (‘Disappointed me’ – ‘He wouldn’t have been elected without me’)

The rift is expanded

The rift between the two billionaires/ Soumen – both known for their love for the headlights and not to share it – It has long seen that it was expanding.

Even when Musk embraced the role of Doge and continued to make periodic appearances at the White House, he criticized some of Trump’s policies.

Musk has criticized the duties, the main tool on Trump’s financial agenda, which however has a mass upheaval in the markets in which Musk is moving, including those for batteries critical to the fate of Tesla’s automotive and energy units.

A Trump’s external adviser even stated that the president was outraged for an incident reported by the New York Times, according to which Musk attempted to receive a secret update from the Pentagon on the outcome of a war with China, Where Musk has extensive financial interests, especially through Tesla.

And while the wrath of public opinion on Doge’s unilateral cuts in federal services was increasing, Trump publicly put Musk under control, arguing that cabinet officials would have the latest reason for the proposed reductions.

In an appearance on May 20 at the Qatar Economic Forum, Musk told Bloomberg that he was intended to retire from political donations, just months after he had spent almost $ 300 million to boost Trump’s successful White House campaign. On Thursday he threatened with a new political party in the middle.