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Donald and Melania Trump with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in 2002.

Bromance over: Musk says Trump should be impeached in social media brawl

The US president suggested Musk is suffering “Trump derangement syndrome”. The Tesla chief said that “without me, Trump would have lost”.

  • Michael Koziol

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Elon Musk and Donald Trump, pictured here in October 2024, seem to be heading for another break-up. But this isn’t the first time it’s happened in their years-long rollercoaster relationship.

Musk, Trump, a roller coaster relationship and why they were never good friends

The two-time president of the United States and his “first buddy”, who also happens to be the world’s richest man, have had more breaks than Ross and Rachel.

  • Bronte Gossling
Donald Trump, then-president-elect, and Elon Musk at the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket in November.

They were meant for each other, but Trump and Musk were always going to blow up like a SpaceX rocket

It was a match made in MAGA heaven – the world’s richest man with the world’s most powerful. But Elon Musk was never, and never could be, No.1. The break was inevitable.

  • Bruce Wolpe
US President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill

Master of deception: How Trump is fudging the numbers

The costs of Donald Trump’s proposed One Big Beautiful Bill are being significantly understated by a Republican accounting trick.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Trump hasn’t publicly responded to Musk’s comments, but the White House said the legislation “unleashes an era of unprecedented economic growth”.

‘KILL the BILL’: Musk draws on Tarantino film to accelerate his Trump offensive

The Tesla CEO is on a mission to block President Donald Trump’s tax bill after he tried – and failed – to convince Republican lawmakers to preserve valuable tax credits for electric vehicles.

  • Erik Wasson
Elon Musk and Donald Trump.

In this fragile union of colossal egos, it was always going to end in tears

It is not surprising Donald Trump and former “first buddy” Elon Musk would finish their relationship in a flame-throwing blaze, given both missed out on genes that carried understatement or restraint.

  • Elizabeth Knight
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US President Donald Trump with Elon Musk outside the White House in March.

Musk tests his political clout now he’s no longer Trump’s ‘first buddy’

Less than 100 hours after leaving the Trump administration, Elon Musk is out to muzzle the president’s top domestic priority. This could get ugly.

  • Michael Koziol
Donald Trump and Elon Musk split

‘Disgusting abomination’: Musk ramps up attack on Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

The billionaire Tesla CEO lashed the sweeping tax and spending bill, describing it as “pork-filled” and bound to “massively” increase the deficit.

Elon Musk is inescapable in tech.

I’ve spent time with tech oligarchs – you have no idea just how weird they are

Like the rocket ships Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are shovelling money into, the tech being prioritised by Silicon Valley’s billionaires isn’t designed to save us. It’s meant to save them.

  • Cory Alpert
Phones will show a satellite symbol in the top right when connected to the service.

How Telstra’s new satellite-to-mobile messaging lets you text using Starlink

Telstra has become the first Australian telco to activate “direct to cell” functionality with SpaceX’s Starlink satellites.

  • Tim Biggs

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