Quick-lived alliance between Donald Trump and Elon Musk seems to have come to a dramatic finish.
The large break-up: The president of the US, Donald Trump, has parted methods with the richest man on the earth, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk.
As soon as their friendship reaped rewards for each: Musk donated round a whole lot of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} to Trump’s re-election marketing campaign and the president created a task for Musk in his authorities.
However political, or fiscal, variations soured the connection, and what was as soon as a mutually helpful alliance deteriorated into an change of insults on social media.
So, did Elon Musk’s place undermine US democracy?
And do Donald Trump’s friendships and pursuits affect US coverage?
Presenter: Elizabeth Puranam
Friends:
Niall Stanage – Political analyst and White Home columnist for The Hill newspaper
Dan Ives – Know-how analyst and managing director of Wedbush Securities
Faiz Siddiqui – Writer of, Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk