The Musk-Trump breakup

What happens when narcissistic co-leaders turn on each other?

During one of our recent conversations with scholar of fascism Ruth Ben-Ghiat, we talked about how the power-sharing arrangement between Donald Trump and Elon Musk was an innovation in authoritarian power — and wondered what kind of future the “strong buddy” relationship could possibly have.

That relationship has gotten a lot more problematic over the pa…