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Why Would Musk Pick This Fight With Trump?

The battle between both powerful men threatens to leave each wounded

Tim Higgins

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Tim Higgins

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They were powerful together.

But now the clash between the president and the world’s richest man threatens to tear their ambitions apart—if they can’t find a way to detente.

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