2 w. ago Unstoppable force loses battle with immovable object: Elon bows to Trump

Four days into a public feud between the world’s most powerful person and the world’s richest person, I declare Musk the loserElon Musk and Donald Trump are no longer friends. Tension between the two exploded into public view in the middle of last week, with each leveling sharp barbs at the other. Four days into the public feud between the world’s most powerful person and the world’s richest person, though, I declare Musk the loser. An unstoppable force has lost its battle with an immovable object.From my colleagues Hugo Lowell and Andrew Roth: On Thursday, Elon Musk called for Donald Trump’s impeachment and mocked his connections to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as the US president threatened to cancel federal contracts and tax subsidies for Musk’s companies, in an extraordinary social media feud that erupted between the former allies. The direct shots at Trump were the latest twist in the public showdown over a Republican spending bill that Musk had criticized. Conti...

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2 w. ago Trump EXPLODES on two 'incompetent' LA insiders responsible pro

Trump's border czar said the National Guard is mobilizing to enter the city of Los Angeles within hours amid tense standoffs between protesters and ICE agents.

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3 w. ago Between ‘rollover UK’ and ‘retaliatory China’: will EU hardball secure trade deal with US?

Optimism is growing in Brussels, but high-risk strategy has only weeks to play out before pause in tariff threat endsIn Brussels’ corridors of power, quiet optimism is growing that the EU’s hardball strategy to secure a US trade deal is working. While Britain quickly moved to try to cushion the impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs with a deal agreed last month – and US-Chinese relations are a tit-for-tat situation – the EU has taken a different stance. “We are positioning ourselves between ‘rollover UK’ and ‘retaliatory China’,” said a Brussels source.The stakes are not just the £706bn in transatlantic trade between the EU and US but the fallout from what diplomats and businesses say is a dangerous assault on the global rules-based system that governs western democracy. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Elon Musk says Donald Trump appears in Epstein files as huge row explodes in public view

Falling-out between former close allies explodes as Trump says Musk has gone ‘crazy’ and billionaire hits back accusing US President of ‘ingratitude’

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3 w. ago Every Elon Musk and Donald Trump insult so far as huge war of words explodes

Elon Musk has been attacking Donald Trump's "big beautiful bill" for several days and suddenly the pair both went for the jugular in an ugly war of words on social media

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3 w. ago Musk endorses Trump impeachment push as president and Tesla CEO’s fight explodes: Live

Elon Musk claims ‘the real reason’ Epstein files ‘have not been made public’ is because they include Donald Trump

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3 w. ago Donald Trump v Elon Musk LIVE: Bromance explodes as Musk drops 'bomb' on Epstein files

Elon Musk has taken to social media to drop what he called a 'really big bomb' as his relationship with President Donald Trump has exploded in a spectacular, and petty, fashion.

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3 w. ago Why Trump is so bothered by his new 'nasty' nickname as he vows to double down

President Donald Trump got testy with a reporter last week who asked him about a new acronym labeling his trade policy: Taco - Trump Always Chickens Out.

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4 w. ago TACO to FAFO: The secret insults investors are using to poke fun at Trump’s policies

‘That’s a nasty question. To me, that’s the nastiest question,’ Trump said when asked about TACO trade

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last month Trump explodes over ‘TACO Trade’ mockery as court strikes down sweeping tariff powers

Traders have come up with the acronym TACO, which stands for “Trump always chickens out,” in reference to the president’s habit of threatening to impose tariffs on countries, and then backing off

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last month Russia issues WWIII threat to Donald Trump as tensions with Vladimir Putin explode

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has issued a stark warning to Donald Trump after the US leader accused Vladimir Putin of "playing with fire"

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