It was one of the more bitter breakups of modern times: President Trump and his newfound Best Friend For Now (BFFN), Elon Musk, parting ways over the Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).
Now, however, there are signs a reconciliation may be underway.
The latest sign showed up on Page One of The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday:
“Musk Cools on New Party Idea, Weighs Backing Vance in 2028”
This is a stark departure from the Musk-Trump breakup over Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.
Musk was so deeply disappointed when he learned it was projected to add $3 trillion to the national debt in the next 10 years, thereby wiping out the $1.75 trillion in spending cuts over ten years that he and DOGE had specified, at the time.
This led to Musk’s description of the bill as “a disgusting abomination” and worse: he said the Jeffrey Epstein client list was kept secret because Trump’s name was on it; and let’s impeach a third time.
Trump smacked him down and expressed concern for Musk’s mental state.
Understandably so.
Then Elon mounted the ultimate insult: he said he would start a third political party.
This action would undermine all that President Trump has done to transform the Republican Party into an America First party for working people.
And then . . . nothing happened.
Elon mostly got back to business, pushing aside politics. Despite rumors that Musk has filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to form the America Party, he still has yet to do so.
Now The Wall Street Journal is confirming this, “Musk has told allies that he wants to focus his attention on his companies and is reluctant to alienate powerful Republicans by starting a third party that could siphon off GOP voters.”
Meanwhile, the Trump tariffs are raking in revenue at a rate of $300 billion per year Over 10 years, this would offset the $3 trillion increase in the national debt predicted for the Big Beautiful Bill.
So maybe Elon Musk right now is saying: um, never mind.
Other signs of a rapproachement are in the air, as I discuss on the latest episode of my podcast, “What’s Bugging Me.” A few weeks ago, the Trump administration issued new sanctions against a villainous, mortal enemy of Elon Musk: Alexander de Moreas, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Brazil, who had shut down X temporarily in the country.
Then last week, on Aug. 5, President Trump went on Truth Social and called for a federal takeover of the police force in Washington D.C., in response to the nighttime beatdown of a Musk disciple, a 19-year-old DOGE employee who intervened in an attempted carjacking: Edward Coristine, better known as Big Balls (sic), a rather fitting nickname.
Elon reposted an image of the presidential text on X and seconded it.
Two days later, Trump was asked by a reporter about a new Gallup poll showing that Musk, at 61% negative vs. 33% positive, is “the most unpopular figure in the country right now. I’m wondering, do you miss having him around the White House, or is that poll accurate?”
Trump: “I don’t know the poll’s accurate. I think he’s a good person. I think he had a bad moment, really bad moment, but he’s a good person, I think. I believe that.”
This was followed by an interview the Gateway Pundit conducted with Vice President JD Vance on Saturday, Aug. 9. He cites Musk’s “complicated relationship right now with the Trump White House. So, my argument to Elon is you’re not going to be on the Left, right? Even if you wanted to be, and he doesn’t, they’re not going to have you back. That ship has sailed.
“And, so, I really think it’s a mistake for him to try to break from the President. My hope is that by the time of the midterms, he’s kind of come back into the fold.”
Vice President Vance is, of course, talking his own book: the 2028 election looms, and he could use Musk’s millions. But it is unlikely that loyal vice president would say this without checking first with his boss. And this means the invitation to Elon Musk comes from President Trump himself.
In my recent book, “The Leadership Genius of Elon Musk,” I point out that Musk and Trump came together because of that old saying, “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” They are despised by the same despots in the Democratic Party and the same lapdogs in the liberal (read: “libwit”) media.
Their split was inevitable, given the massive egos of them both, and their reconciliation may be that, too. These two men are better off as allies than as enemies. And so is our nation.
Dennis Kneale, a former anchor at CNBC and Fox Business, is host of the “What’s Bugging Me” podcast on Ricochet and author of “The Leadership Genius of Elon Musk.” Read Dennis Kneale’s Reports —? More Here.
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