President Donald Trump is not mad about his ugly and public break up together with his billionaire benefactor and now-former co-President Elon Musk.
He’s nice! All the pieces is okay! By no means been higher!
No less than, that is what he known as a number of reporters on Thursday and Friday to insist upon, as Individuals level and chuckle that Trump’s sugar daddy is now trashing Trump’s signature piece of laws, drawing consideration to Trump’s ties to famous pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and even calling for Trump’s impeachment.
Trump advised CNN’s Dana Bash in a telephone dialog that he is “not even thinking about” Musk and that he will not be talking to his now former First Buddy anytime quickly.
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Bash recounted her dialog with the scorned commander in chief: “He said, ‘He’s got a problem. The poor guy’s got a problem.’ I said, ‘So no call with Elon now?’ And he said, ‘No, I won’t be speaking to him for a while, I guess, but I wish him well.’”
Trump additionally known as CBS Information correspondent Robert Costa to say he is “totally” centered on his presidency and in no way centered on Musk. “I don’t focus on anything else,” Trump advised Costa of his presidency.
He advised Politico’s Dasha Burns that his public breakup with Musk is “okay,” and that his presidency is “going very well, never done better.”
In a name with the New York Put up—which poked enjoyable at Trump’s break-up with Musk on the tabloid’s entrance web page—Trump mentioned he wasn’t stunned about the truth that his friendship with Musk went south.
“Nothing catches me by surprise. Nothing,” Trump advised the Put up, including that all the things is superior!
“The numbers are through the roof, the stock market is up, billions are pouring in from tariffs, and my poll numbers are the highest they’ve ever been. Other than that, what can I tell you, right?” Trump mentioned.
However Trump received slightly fiestier with ABC Information’ Jonathan Karl, telling him that Musk is “the person who has misplaced his thoughts” and that he’s “not particularly” serious about talking to Musk, although Musk needs to speak.
It’s as if he’s going by the 5 levels of grief in actual time. Denial (insisting that he’s not mad Musk is trashing him), and anger (insulting Musk as having misplaced his thoughts) are up first. We’ll see when he will get to bargaining, despair, and later, acceptance.
However it’s secure to say, if Trump is talking to reporters to insist that he is nice and never excited about Musk, he’s completely excited about Musk—who might use his immense wealth to go after Republicans within the 2026 midterms.
Finally proper now, Trump is the dwelling embodiment of the notorious Dril tweet :
