The Bromance Between Elon Musk and Donald Trump has Ended
- Donald V. Watkins
- Jun 8
- 2 min read
By: Donald V. Watkins
Copyrighted and Published on June 8, 2025
An Editorial Opinion
President Donald Trump finally said out loud what I reported on March 20, 2024: Elon Musk is a “big-time drug addict.” Trump made this statement in an interview published Saturday by the Washington Post.
Earlier in the week, Trump proclaimed that Musk had “lost his mind.” Privately, Trump is telling his MAGA insiders that Musk is “crazy.”
Trump also acknowledged in his Post interview that Musk got into a physical altercation with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The Tesla CEO and former top DOGE offical rammed Bessent in the ribs “like a rugby player” following a White House meeting with Trump. The physical fight was “too much” for Trump.
Musk, a South African native and apartheid beneficiary, is credited with influencing Trump’s warped views on: (a) the intelligence of Black Air Force pilots who graduated from HBCUs, (b) resurrecting the banned practice of convict leasing, and (c) the false claim of genocide against white South Africans.
The bromance between Musk and Trump fell apart after Musk started publicly trashing Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” The bill is projected to add $4 trillion to the federal government’s already unsustainable $37 trillion national debt. Musk says the “Big Beautiful Bill” will bankrupt America and he is working to kill it.
Whether he is doped up or sober, Musk is right in his assessment that Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" threatens America's solvency as a nation. Musk is also keeenly aware that Trump bankrupted six major corporations prior to assuming the presidency.
Trump has threatened Musk with “very serious consequences” if he contributes money to Democrats in Congress who oppose the “Big Beautiful Bill.”
Based on various news reports and FEC filings, Elon Musk contributed $288 million to help Donald Trump and other Republican candidates in the 2024 elections. At least $218 million of this money went to Trump's presidential campaign. Musk was the largest individual political donor in the 2024 election cycle.
In a phone interview with the NBC journalist Kristen Welker on Saturday, Trump said he had no plans to speak with Musk because the tech billionaire was “disrespectful” to the Office of the President. When asked whether he had any desire to repair his relationship with Musk, Trump said, “No.”
With his exit from Donald Trump’s inner circle, Elon Musk joins the ranks of MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Attorneys Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Kenneth Chesebro, and Michael Cohen, Allen Weisselberg, Rick Gates, Elliott Broidy, George Nader, and a host of others whose blind loyalty to Trump ruined them financially, damaged their personal, professional, and business reputations, and earned them a permanent place in the dustbin of history.
I knew that a unilateral relationship between Trump and Musk would come to a halt . If I were to conduct a roll call, you may be shocked to know how close friendships and acquaintances crashed with significant others.
Remember Michael Cohen ESQ, his personal attorney, while Chairman of Trump's Real Estate Empire suddenly charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison for attempting to shield the president from criminal indictments. Cohen was disbarred from practicing law by the New York Bar.
Like Musk, Cohen since has worked feverishly to ensure that President Trump gets what he deserves.
A list which doesn't include Jeff Sessions, Alexander Vindman, Rex Tillerson, Marie Yovanovitch, James Mattis, Tom Bossert...well, a LOOOOONG list.