Elon Musk's Brief, Gaudy Hour With the Trump Administration is Over!

The bromance between the world's most powerful man, US President Donald Trump and the world's richest man, Elon Musk has ended.

It was inevitable that the relationship would end, because both men are too similar for any bromance to last.

Both are narcissists.

Both are exhibitionists, perpetually seeking the spotlight and taking center stage.

The only thing that prevents them from donning trench coats and seeking the thrill of exposing themselves on streetcorners is that neither of them are blessed with faces or figures that make such actions amusing or interesting to others.

Unfortunately, Elon forgot that The Donald IS the President of the United States and, while The Donald likes to associate with strong and powerful men, He also demands to be surrounded by "yes men."

When Elon criticized The Donald's "Big, Beautiful Bill," he was finished.

The Donald brooks no criticism of his regime, no matter how asinine and idiotic some of his actions and diatribes have been.

The end of Elon and The Donald's bromance was almost predestined.

It was short-term and began inauspiciously.

Elon contributed $150 million to The Donald's re-election campaign and insisted upon being seen everywhere with The Donald to bask in his reflected glory.

The Donald was suitably touched enough by Elon's actions to refer to him as his "good friend" and "advisor."

Once The Donald was re-elected, Musk was allowed to flit all over the world, dining out on his close personal relationship with the President!

When The Donald was inaugurated, he promptly appointed Elon to head the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Such appointments to high office of big financial contributors and relatives are a common feature of politics, whether they be Democrats or Republicans.

That was the high point of their bromance, and it went downhill quickly after that.

Despite Elon's claims that he could shave at least $3 trillion off of the federal budget, he could only cut $150 billion, which came mostly out of lay off and firings of federal employees, which did nothing to help eliminate America's huge budget deficit of over $37 trillion and merely pissed off employees who lost their jobs.

Then there was the appointment itself. 

It was limited to only 130 days by law.

While Elon expected The Donald to somehow extend his tenure in DOGE, The Donald kept saying sweetly that Elon was a businessman, that he needed to get back to his business and that he wouldn't be in government forever.

That is NOT what Elon wanted to hear.

Then came The Donald's "One Big, Beautiful Bill," which would increase the federal deficit by $3 trillion over the next 8 years.

Our current $37 trillion federal deficit is already unserviceable, and the Big, Beautiful Bill will merely add more fuel to the fire and hasten America's inevitable economic collapse.

The Donald seems oblivious to that fact but Elon, as the richest man in the world, is not.

Elong wryly commented that he has known budget bills to be big or beautiful, but never both, which effectively ended The Donald's bromance with him.

Elon's time with the government had run out and The Donald gave him a warm, insincere send off, expecting him to run off into the sunset and leave the President as the sole person on center stage.

But Elon had a few parting shots left to fire.

First, he referred to the One Big, Beautiful Bill as an abomination, insulting the law makers in Congress and the Senate who passed it while failing to mention that the bill cut all of the government subsidies and incentives for Elon's business interests.

Funny, that!

Or is it merely coincidental that Elon as so opposed to the bill.

Then, yesterday, Elon claimed that HE was responsible for Trump's election and the Republican majorities in the House and Senate, and that The Donald was ungrateful.

That statement definitely put an end to their affair, and there has been no further comment on it, as yet, from the White House.

But The Donald DID suggest canceling all government contract with Elon's companies, which said plenty.

While Elon WAS helpful during The Donald's re-election campaign, he was not the major factor in Trump's victory.

The American voters were.

Rich as he is, Elon couldn't buy all of them.

Just a few months back, when The Donald was still in a euphoric state over his election victory and his popularity was still high among Americans, Elon tried to buy the election of a judgeship for a Trump supporter.

He failed, and with that failure was proof that money can buy only so much!

That failure didn't pass unnoticed by the Trump Administration, who felt that Elon's usefulness to them was over.

But Elon clung on because he had become addicted to power. He adored being the power behind the throne of the most important man on Earth, with all of the influence and prestige such proximity to The Donald provided him.

He had the ear of the President of the United States, and everyone had to suck up to him.

And they did.

But Elon was stealing The Donald's limelight and casting a shadow upon his crown.

So, The Donald sent Elon on his way.

And Elon behaved like a spoiled brat...or a discarded mistress.

Will Elon and The Donald ever kiss and make up?

It is doubtful.

Both men have used and discarded friends and associates whenever it suited their merciless fancies, and both men were aware of it when they entered into this bromance, made not in heaven but in the Fourth Circle of Hell.

The Donald remains President of the United States.

Elon remains the richest man in the world.

Doubtless they will find other ways to amuse we mere mortals as time goes by.