The fiery feud between President Trump and Elon Musk is the most exciting public breakup since the days of Brangelina, according to Bill Maher.
The late-night comedian compared the public warfare and vitriol to that of “Godzilla vs. King Kong if Godzilla was on ketamine and King Kong had a combover.”
The big beautiful break-up is even more shocking because Trump and Musk were “so close,” like celebrity couples Brad Pitt and Angeline Jolie, and Ben Affleck and Jen Lopez, whose seemingly strong but ultimately whirlwind romances gripped tabloids for decades.
“They had their own couple name: E-lump,” Maher said.
But like the actor pairings, the Musk and Trump demise was a long time coming, he continued.
“I can’t really think of anything other than the Trump-Elon [fight],” Maher said in his opening monologue Frday for HBO’s “Real Time.”
The talk host did a brief rundown of the pair’s political breakdown, pinpointing the potential beginning of the end to Trump’s meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office last week when Musk showed up sporting a black eye.
The President claimed he offered makeup to the former Department of Government Efficiency head, but was turned down, which he found “interesting.”
“Yeah, weird, Elon, what sort of man turns down makeup?” Maher chided.
The feud slowly simmered as the pair lobbed further accusations against one another, including Musk claiming Trump’s tariffs would cause a recession and the President responding that no one wants to buy Tesla’s electric vehicles — but “s–t got real” when Musk claimed he was the reason Trump won the election.
“And Trump said, ‘Well, you know what Mars is a s–thole planet.’ And Musk said, ‘Oh my god, you are not the same man I used to heil,’” Maher said.
The fighting has only grown worse in recent days, with Musk shockingly claiming on X that Trump’s involvement in the Epstein files is the reason they haven’t been released. Musk has since deleted the X post.
Trump, on the other hand, has tried to play it cool, saying he hasn’t given much thought to his former “First Buddy.”
“The stakes are so high because the winner faces Blake Lively,” Maher joked, referencing the recent public downfall of the actress’s previously beloved image.
Any good feeling between the two men is likely gone after Musk stepped up his criticism of the Trump-backed “Big, Beautiful Bill” — and then called for the impeachment of the president and a new political party to challenge the GOP.
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