Billion dollar babies: Trump-Musk spat

亿万富翁的争执:特朗普-马斯克之争

The Intelligence from The Economist

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2025-06-06

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What happens when the world's most powerful man falls out with its richest? Our correspondent analyses where the Trump-Musk brawl leaves the relationship between MAGA and tech. How Israel's far-right is influencing the war in Gaza (10:13). And why rhyme is on the decline (and verse is getting worse) (21:01).  Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—Subscribe to Economist Podcasts+
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  • The Economist

  • Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

  • I'm your host, Rosie Bloor.

  • Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

  • Israel's hard-right politicians have used the war in Gaza as an opportunity to further their political power.

  • Our editor-in-chief interviews Bezalels Motrich, the finance minister,

  • to find out how hardliners like him are influencing the conflict.

  • And there was once a lot of rhyme in poetry,

  • but the modernists thought that verse lacked artistry.

  • So the rhyme declined and the poets opined,

  • using long words that were clever but lacked gaiety.

  • First up, though.

  • I think we were all wondering when this was going to happen.

  • Since Donald Trump's second term began,

  • Elon Musk has been by his side.

  • Now that bromance is well and truly over.

  • But aside from some hissy fits,

  • What happens when the world's richest man falls out with its most powerful?

  • Right from the beginning of this improbable relationship,

  • I think we'd been waiting for the day when it turned sour,