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Trump-Musk update.

An update on how the extremely public political breakup is going today, as protestors face off with federal immigration agents in Los Angeles.

  • Elon Musk deleted his tweet claiming Donald Trump prevented the release of Jeffrey Epstein files because he’s in them.
  • Trump told NBC News the Epstein links were “old news,” that he had no desire to repair their relationship, and when asked if it’s over, said, “I would assume so, yeah.”
  • The Washington Post cites a source claiming Trump referred to Elon as “a big-time drug addict” on a phone call.
  • A YouGov poll of 3,812 US adults found 41 percent of respondents supported the federal government ending Musk’s subsidies and contracts.
  • NASA and Pentagon officials reportedly urged competitors to develop SpaceX alternatives after Musk’s “terrifying” threat to decommission the Dragon spacecraft.
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