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From bromance to blow-up

By Tyler Pager, Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, Theodore Schleifer and Ryan Mac
Trump (left) escorting Musk and his son, known as X, into the White House after an event for Tesla electric vehicles on March 11, 2025. — Doug Mills/The New York Times

US President Donald Trump was peeved.

Just minutes before he walked into the Oval Office for a televised send-off for Elon Musk in May, an aide handed him a file.

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