WASHINGTON — If history is any guide, and there is a lot of history, the explosive new falling out between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk is not going to end well for the former White House advisor and world’s richest man.
The political battlefield is littered with the scorched remains of some of Trump’s previous allies who picked a fight with him or were on the receiving end of one.
Lawyer Michael Cohen . Political advisor Steve Bannon . Attorney General Jeff Sessions , Defense Secretary James Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson . John Bolton , John Kelly and Chris Christie , to name just a few.
“If what happened to me is any indication of how they handle these matters, then Elon is going to get decimated,” said Cohen, the former long-term Trump la