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Musk Snaps Back to Reality?
What ended the honeymoon period?
Did Musk accidentally leave his ketamine stash at the White House? Less than a day after officially leaving, he decried Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, stating, “This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination.” It’s almost like he has come down from a several-month-long bender and, in his sobriety, gone, “Oh my god, what have I done?” But, truth be told, we all saw this coming, right? Trump and Musk are arguably the world’s biggest egotistical megalomaniacs, and they both display a seriously strong streak of kleptomania. Good bedfellows they do not make, and it was only a matter of time before one cannibalised the other. But why has Musk chosen this moment to make his move? Well, let’s try to unpack it.
Musk’s main criticism of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is that it won’t actually reduce the national deficit but instead massively increase it. Unsurprisingly, when you attempt to significantly cut taxes for some of the largest taxpayers, the books no longer add up.
However, this isn’t as significant a problem as you might think. Since Reagan, the Republicans haven’t been the party of fiscal conservatism. Instead, they have adopted the opposite approach, embracing Reaganomics. This is when the government gives significant tax cuts to the largest…
