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Anybody have a TLDR for people who have been blissfully unaware of the Space Karen vs Twitler slap fight?
You ever know two 8 year olds who were close friends and then got in a fight?
You're all caught up.
Essentially: Elon gets mad about the recent budget bill in congress. He's also angry he can't stay in his special government employee role full-time. He is also getting pressure from his shareholders for EV credits getting cut during his time in government.
Elon starts tweeting against the bill, and this starts a back and forth, with Elon and Trump fighting like exes trying to be vague
The subtext is quickly dropped and tensions amplify until Elon threatens to decommissioned his dragon rocket. Trump retaliates by saying that Elon kept him out of the loop on DOGE and was useless. This part is a bit hazy for me. But this is during their main spat when Elon was posting on Twitter non-stop.
This eventually culminates in Elon admitting publicly that Trump is in the Epstein files. Trump threatened to retaliate by pulling all government contracts that involve Elon's companies.
Elon, realizing he burned the last political bridge he has, is likely trying to salvage what he can. It is likely to go nowhere as Trump is as vindictive and petty as they come.
The first comment is the TL:DT of the article