Trump does not need Musk, his party members do

Most Republicans do not know how quickly they have to support their great leader on Thursday. While Donald Trump and Elon Musk Mutual Insults, accusations and threats Swinging online, congress members immediately assist the president. Tesla, SpaceX and X boss Musk may be the most important lender of their party ever, their loyalty is not with him. In the public divorce, the Maga children choose (Make America Great Again) For Papa Trump, not for his intense, short -lived and fickle flame.

Musk goes „a border over« He behaves »childish and ridiculous« , According to delegates. » Days the president of the United States, Donald Trump, never out, « warns home chairman Mike Johnson. « He is the leader of the party. He is the most influential political figure of this generation and probably of the modern era. » A single senator suggests relationship therapy: “The world is a better place with the Trump-MUSK-bromance fully intact ”. But Musk hardly gets any political support. Not even the congress members who, like him, have large objections to what Trumps Budget and Tax Plan does with the national debt.

One prominent politician – always online, never shy about an opinion, nor afraid of a struggle for words – remains quiet for a long time: vice president JD Vance. He only jokes about a ‘slow news day’, even after Musk has expressed support for a deposition procedure against Trump that VANCE President would make. Only almost ten hours after the escalation on social media (Musks X and Trumps Truth Social) does the vice president come to his boss with a support of his boss, without calling a musk or the hysterical fight. « President Trump has done more than anyone else in my life to win the trust of the movement he leads. I am proud to stand next to him, » writes Vance, on X.

Ketamine or ego?

Vance cannot possibly choose a party for Trump. He has been in the White House with him for 3.5 years. He will never fulfill his ambition to be chosen as president in 2028 if Trump does not crown him to his Maga successor. But the slowness and duty of his words show that Vance also hopes to keep multi -billionaire Musk to keep a friend. Like other Republicans, he fears that a permanent break with the man who stuck nearly 300 million dollars in their election campaign last November has a gigantic megaphone to strengthen politicians, and the party offers a vision for the future in addition to Trump’s nostalgia.

It is unclear why Musk, after he was Washington unhappy and unsuccessfulbut without beating doors left, still starts to wrap around. Musk did not succeed with his pseudo-ministerie for government efficiency (doo) substantial in state finances. Since his successful commitment on Trump last year, his political instinct has proved to be worth little, both in Wisconsin and Germany, there was nothing involved. His companies suffer from his political alliance. Does Musk really fear an American bankruptcy and does he think he can stop the only one for Republicans crucial bill? Has his ketamine use made him self -destructive? Or is this purely the ego of a man who unexpectedly doesn’t get his way?

It is uncertain whether the two will make their fight. The president did not seem to be on Friday for a conversation with « the man who has lost his mind. » He would like to get rid of the red Tesla that he bought during a shameless PR stunt in the garden of the White House. But nothing is final.

It is certain that Trump Musk more can put on Then the other way around. The billionaire can be prosecuted for drug use, billions of government agreements for his companies and possibly even be deported. He has more to lose.

Dangerous primaries

For Trump, the fight with Musk is not immediately problematic. The president flourishes in conflict. Part of his supporters welcomes how he is not guided by the party drug. Senators who are inclined to be ‘One Big, Beautiful Tax plan ‘(including money for defense, deportations and cutting in health insurance for the poor), can no longer do that without choosing a party for Musk.

Trump, despite his speculation about an – unconstitutional – third term, never has to have an expensive election campaign again. For most party members, every donation remains welcome and commitment to ‘Techbros’ to the Republican brand relevant. Some Democrats flirt with the idea of To embrace musk againafter all, he was progressive for longer than conservative.

That makes Musk dangerous for Republicans. It is not to prove whether he helped Trump in November, or whether the president would have defeated Kamala Harris without him. But in ‘smaller’ elections, such as the Midterms from 2026 and especially the primaries for it, Musks can be decisive. He has threatened to finance counter candidates from congress members who increase the budget deficit. Musk, who, as South African, cannot become a president of the US, has also suggested that a third party is set up.

If the Republicans were losing their majority in the House of Representatives and perhaps even the Senate in the interim elections next year, then Trump also has a problem. He will then no longer be able to introduce legislation and probably another one impeachment Get his pants. Ultimately, the richest man and the most beautiful man have neither interest in a long -term and definitive fight.

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