Rainer Zitelmann has been predicting a rift between Musk and Trump ever since the two started working together. Now that this has happened, the French daily newspaper L’Express has spoken to him again. The interview was conducted by Thomas Mahler.

“I never believed that the alliance between Elon Musk and Donald Trump would last,” you told L’Express in April. Why were you so certain that the alliance between the two men would fall apart so quickly?

Zitelmann:

I have read every single biography about these two men and have been following their exploits closely for many years. Trump only tolerates people who completely subordinate themselves to him, whereas Musk won’t bow to anyone. And especially not to someone he is so superior to both in terms of intelligence and as an entrepreneur. Thi

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