Original Author: Odaily
Original Title: Trump and Musk's Century-Long Argument: Who Will Become the Mediator?
Within just a week, the relationship between US President Trump and global billionaire Elon Musk transformed from White House allies to social media enemies. This dispute, which began with policy differences, quickly escalated into a public verbal battle filled with personal attacks and business threats within 48 hours, causing market tremors.
Musk publicly stated on the X platform that he strongly opposes Trump's "Big and Beautiful Act", calling it a "disgusting act" that would "absolutely destroy America's finances" if passed. Trump called the billionaire "crazy" and threatened to cancel his company's federal contracts. Musk countered by suggesting retiring the Dragon spacecraft that supports the International Space Station. Tesla's stock price immediately plummeted.
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From initial policy cooperation to political allies and finally a complete falling out, the breakdown of Trump and Musk's relationship represents a multi-layered conflict between political capital and business interests, personal power and public image, green future and traditional conservatism.
Although the Trump-Musk century-level argument has entered a full confrontation stage, some are still trying to salvage this broken political and business alliance in Washington and Silicon Valley. The question is who can mediate between Trump's extreme will and Musk's obsessive passion?
Who Can Build a Bridge Between Trump and Musk?
Bill Ackman, founder of Pershing Square, was the first to suggest that Trump and Musk should prioritize national interests. On X, he stated, "I support @realDonaldTrump and @elonmusk, they should shake hands and think about our great country's interests. Together, we'll be stronger than fighting separately."
Musk subsequently commented "You're not wrong" on this post, and $TSLA rose 3% overnight after this reply.
Currently, no more heavyweight figures have publicly taken sides or attempted to mediate this rare rift.
How Does the Crypto Community View This Century-Long Argument?
[Rest of the text remains the same]Trump doesn't know how to deal with "STEM nerds". They want the truth, not understanding between the lines by reading the atmosphere. They refuse to guess the hidden meaning and only accept direct and frank communication.
Musk also doesn't know how to deal with "Machiavellian characters". The latter uses language as a tool of power and looks down on those who insist on speaking the truth, considering it naive.
Both are used to being leaders and accustomed to others adapting to their communication style.
Therefore, they both severely lack patience and ability to understand each other's language system.
But the reality is: the out-of-control federal budget and massive federal bureaucracy are indeed a double survival threat to the United States and must be prioritized.
Trump's judgment of "political possibilities" may be reasonable, but Musk's sense of urgency cannot be underestimated.
Utilizing the outstanding abilities of the autism spectrum population while completely disregarding their special needs is extremely narrow-minded.
Of course, STEM nerds can sometimes be quite stubborn, even if they are not the richest or most successful people in the world.
A few points are worth noting:
The Democratic Party remains completely silent. Because strictly speaking, there is no longer a "Democratic Party", they have no real intellectuals, only hired mouthpieces who speak for money.
Any response will only come after the "completely natural, grassroots" public relations committee meets and then issues a "grassroots" check to these "natural grassroots" opinion leaders.
There is also a possibility of the "nothing will happen" faction's judgment - after all, Musk often goes silent after getting angry, and Trump can curse you as an anti-Christ today and still work with you tomorrow.
