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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Eric Garcia

Democrats can barely contain their glee over Trump and Musk’s ‘big beautiful breakup’

Donald Trump Elon Musk Epstein Alexandria OcasioCortez Eric Swalwell Jamie Raskin Melanie Stansbury Raphael Warnock Ruben Gallego Tesla Inc.

Just in time for German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s visit to Washington, Democrats enjoyed a healthy helping of schadenfreude as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s feud went nuclear in real time.

“The big beautiful breakup?” Rep. Sarah McBride asked in response to a question from The Independent Thursday about Trump and Musk’s spat, a reference to the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” Trump’s centerpiece legislation that seeks to extend the 2017 tax cuts, slash social spending and ramp up immigration spending.

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