Republicans are left hoping for calmer waters in Washington after Tesla CEO Elon Musk‘s exit from the administration ballooned into a dramatic and public breakup with President Donald Trump.
Musk’s place at the center of Trump’s orbit had, in some ways, been a boon for Republicans. He not only promised to open his wallet for the 2026 elections, having been the president’s largest benefactor last year, but he also absorbed much of the political blowback to his cost-cutting initiative.
Democrats pilloried Musk as a bogeyman for the Department of Government Efficiency’s “chainsaw” approach to reform, with his role as a special government employee partially insulating Trump.
Some Republicans still hope for a detente between the two men, although that seemed unlikely on Friday as Trump brushed
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