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Trump news at a glance: President’s union with Musk up in flames as feud publicly spirals

Elon Musk, left, with Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House.
Elon Musk, left, with Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House. Photograph: Nathan Howard/Reuters

The relationship between the richest man in the world and the most powerful one has spectacularly exploded, as Elon Musk publicly agreed Donald Trump should be impeached and linked him to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Musk stepped down from his role as a special government employee on 28 May after showing discontent with Trump’s tax spending bill, officially known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, but had until this week stayed relatively restrained in his remarks.

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