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Trump-Musk Conflict

10.06.2025

The conflict between Trump and Musk was a long time coming in hindsight. Each has a very strong personality, a unique worldview, and is among the most popular people on the planet. This combination of factors made it almost inevitable that they’d clash since neither wants to subordinate themselves to the other. Everything remained manageable, however, until the House passed Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” and then Trump withdrew Musk ally Jared Isaacman’s nomination as Administrator of NASA.

 

TRUMP: An Assessment After the First Quarter

16.04.2025
Paul Craig Roberts

Perhaps I can put it this way:  a lot of good initiatives undertaken in a haphazard way that could limit their effectiveness or even result in failure. I will use a few of Trump’s initiatives to illustrate my concern.  I will begin with Trump’s approach to ending the conflict in Ukraine.  Next I will examine Trump’s use of DOGE’s revelations about waste, fraud, and grift in the federal budget.  Then I will examine Trump’s approach to tariffs.