Yeah... So... Here's How Fox News Is (Bizarrely) Talking About Donald Trump And Elon Musk's Breakup
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If you somehow missed it, President Donald Trump and his former advisor (and bestie) Elon Musk got into a back-and-forth spat on social media yesterday.
A lot was said. Trump accused Elon of backing down on his support for the president's championed "One, Big Beautiful Bill" because "he found out we're gonna have to cut the EV mandate." And Elon said Trump was showing "such ingratitude" considering, "without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate."
Not one to be upstaged, Trump threatened to "terminate Elon's Governmental Subsidies and Contracts." And Elon volleyed back by accusing Trump of being "in the Epstein files," despite Trump denying connections to Jeffrey Epstein.
Obviously, the sitting president and the world's richest man getting into a very public feud was widely covered by news outlets, including Fox News — a conservative outlet Trump has openly admired... and also one that appears to go light on the president.
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So here's how they covered the quarrell:
Fox News host Sean Hannity shared footage of Trump handing Elon a ceremonial, gold-colored key during Elon's government send-off last week.
"That was less than a week ago," Hannity said. "These are two very talented individuals. Frankly, they don't need each other to be successful, but I do hope they work it out and set an example for the rest of the country."
Host of her own Fox show, Laura Ingraham ran a segment on the pair called "When Friendship Gets DOGE'd," where she praised Elon while suggesting Trump should "simply disengage."
"Musk is his own person," Ingraham said. "The government contracts that he has stand on their own merit. They shouldn't be called into question. Threatening to pull them, that's not wise, when five minutes ago you were hailing Musks work in helping rescue the stranded Americans in space. Elon Musk is like the Thomas Edison of our time. He sacrificed for America personally and professionally, and he wanted to make the Trump presidency happen, and it did."
Ingraham: Musk is his own person. The government contracts that he has stand on their own merit. They shouldn't be called into question. Threatening to pull them, that's not wise when five minutes ago you were, of course, hailing Musk’s work in helping rescue the stranded… pic.twitter.com/zZtxElBc6O
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And finally, we have Jesse Watters, who insisted that, "Sometimes when you're angry, you say things you don't mean."
As an odd and hopefully tongue-in-cheek example, Watters pointed to peer Greg Gutfeld, saying, "Greg mocked my hair last week, and I said he's on the Epstein list."
Continuing, Watters said, "Now, I didn't mean that. I made it up."
"Sometimes guys fight," Watters pressed on. "Guys will sometimes punch you in the face, and the next night you're having a beer. Sleep with your girlfriend, and you patch things up. Not your wife, your girlfriend!"
"These guys are like roommates. They were living in close quarters for like, the first six months of the year. They're just blowing off steam."