Musk and Trump: What does this mean? |Global Agora

It looks like a brave end, but it may not be a big surprise to see the sudden collision of Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s ego. But what do you think it could have a real impact on Republicans, the magazine movement, and American politics? Read some comments. If you like my work, please support me on KO-FI! Thanks.

Donna Hoffman,,,,, Professor, Department of Political Science, Northern Iowa

I think the deteriorating relationship between Trump and Musk has the most direct impact on the settlement bill before Congress. Musk’s criticism of it is drawing public attention to the bill’s provisions, and for the vast majority of Republicans who have been in both chambers, there may have to be significant changes if passed. Furthermore, Trump weaponized the government’s former allies by threatening to investigate and withhold the possibility of government contracts, simply due to public dispute bear observations. It should remind the public that Trump prefers arbitrary exercise of power (except for the frequent assertion that the president has no legally) and that if we are to reject authoritarianism as a country, it should be a problem for the American public.

Michael Kraft,,,,, University of Wisconsin – Professor Emeritus of Green Bay University

Yes, we now have two huge self-fighting policy and personal issues, no doubt government, budget and policy consequences, although it is important to know exactly how much difference this will make in the coming months early in the game.

With the Trump administration’s policies, a sudden shift in policy (e.g., tariffs or now the Senate’s “big and beautiful bill” or some aspects of immigration policy), this seems to happen every day or weekly. The result is that no one can really predict what will happen in the short term, and certainly not in the long term. Trump and Musk may be their best partners again in a week, or may not. This happens when the administration does not have a clear bedrock principle and everything follows Trump’s mood of the day or Musk’s situation. If all of this happens in the corporate world, some leading officials will be shown. However, given today’s political culture and the dedication of Republicans to him, no matter what he does, we can tolerate it at the highest level of the U.S. government.

The bigger picture is that in domestic policy and foreign affairs, American politics and government are on the most uncertain path, as most parts of Europe have already realized. This makes it difficult for anyone to predict what will happen in the coming weeks or next year or more. Because the Trump coalition could collapse at any time, and Republicans already have a small gap in the House and Senate. If two or three Republicans rank, especially seniors, we will have a brand new game of football.

This is definitely not the American politics most of us have experienced in history, and it is all frustrating.

Robert Schmuhl,,,,, Professor of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame

This conflict with the Titanic doesn’t end well. There was too much blood on the floor. In the short term, Trump’s signing legislation involves taxes and government spending, is now at risk. The 2026 midterm elections are also a big question mark for Republicans and whether they will continue to control the House and Senate. Musk could take his own money and support candidates against Trump and the Magma movement.

It’s too early to say what will happen, but Trump-Musk’s battle is quickly becoming the favorite audience sport in the United States.

Steffen Schmidt,,,,, Lucken was granted an honorary professor of political science at Iowa State University.

“Kindergarten shouting game” between Pres. Trump and Musk are very interesting.

I think that will produce a coalition that weakens the two loud and ambitious billionaires.

1. This has made the budget process even more complicated, which has been attacked by some Republican leaders. Musk hopes to tax cuts on electric vehicles and hopes to make deeper cuts in government plans.

2. From an “optical” perspective, Republicans look bad. Two of the Republican top gladiators suddenly suddenly had more room to breathe with Democrats in the verbal war, participating in the 2026 House, Senate and state elections.

Unless it is a friend that political advisers consider, it will all pass! But the Trump administration suddenly paniced so many government employees. The battle between Trump and Musk is real. Joining Washington Post, the Trump administration scrambled to re-hire many federal employees After erasing the entire office, the Trump administration slammed the plan to cut critical services such as weather forecasts and drug approval processes in some cases. ”

Cal Jillson,,,,, Professor of Political Science, Southern Methodist University

As everyone and their brother predicted when they first triggered such unlikely brothers. That would be bad. Two large rabies in a room, even as good as the Oval Office, have no space and no one living, and nothing but domination. Despite this, Trump is still the president, and Musk is just a very rich person and has a lot of losses. I’ll bet.

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