Trump and Musk’s relationship flames out just as intensely and publicly as it started

Elon Musk’s public clash with President Donald Trump is not just an eccentric billionaire’s tantrum — it’s a full-blown crisis.

What we are witnessing is the unraveling of a dangerous experiment: granting the world’s richest man unprecedented access to the inner workings of the U.S. government — then cutting him loose with no safeguards in place.

For nearly six months, Musk operated inside the federal government as a “special employee” through the recently invented “Department of Government Efficiency,” an entity with sweeping ambitions and minimal transparency that was tasked with slashing federal spending.

Officials confirmed with WTOP that he met with top intelligence officials, had direct exposure

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