Fight! Watching Two Rich Maniacs Like Trump and Musk Feud Is Schadenfreude Perfection

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The Federalist Papers 2.0, compiled by Reuters:

JUNE 3: Musk attacks Trump’s top legislative priority: a sweeping tax-cut and spending bill. “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it,” he wrote on his X platform.

JUNE 5, around noon ET: Trump says he anticipates Musk criticizing him personally. “Look, Elon and I had a great relationship. I don’t know if we will anymore,” Trump said in the Oval Office. “He said the most beautiful things about me, and he hasn’t said bad about me personally, but I’m sure that’ll be next. But I’m, I’m very disappointed in Elon. I’ve helped Elon a lot.”

It started as a policy dispute over how cruel the Big Plug Ugly is. It did not stay there. Two rich maniacs with their own social media platforms is a recipe for schadenfreude that would’ve had Wagner under the table in five minutes.

“Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!”

“Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate...Such ingratitude.”

Oh, my stars and garters, do go on, Elon. Pretty exact call on the Senate there. To which the president replied:

“The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn’t do it!”

Among other things, this move would endanger supplies to the International Space Station including oxygen, which they need a bit more than they do, say, Tang.

It’s important for me to point out that I’m not buying anything about this food fight in the cafeteria of the Internet middle school. Sooner or later, and maybe over this weekend, they will repair their bond because a) they’re both still on the grift and b) the Big Plug Ugly is still their mutual man crush and, if and when it passes, they’ll both jump up and cheer. When that happens, I hope Musk’s shirt fits better than it did the last time.