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Politics

Inside the Trump-Musk Breakup

The president tried to give his billionaire benefactor a dignified exit. It didn’t work.

First published in The Atlantic on June 6, 2025

by Jonathan Lemire, Ashley Parker, Michael Scherer, and Russell Berman, The Atlantic
June 12, 2025 | reading time: 8 Min.

For once, President Donald Trump was trying to be the adult in the room.

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