Earlier this year, Newsmax columnist Dennis Kneale — who had recently published a book claiming to document “The Leadership Genius of Elon Musk” — fretted over the split between Musk and Donald Trump, and he demanded that Musk properly apologize. That didn’t happen, so Kneale looked for any possible sign of reconciliation, and he found one in his Aug. 20 column:
It was one of the more bitter breakups of modern times: President Trump and his newfound Best Friend For Now (BFFN), Elon Musk, parting ways over the Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).
Now, however, there are signs a reconciliation may be underway.
The latest sign showed up on Page One of The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday:
“Musk Cools on New Party Idea, Weighs Backing Vance in 2028”
This is a stark departure from the Musk-Trump breakup over Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.
[…]Other signs of a rapproachement are in the air, as I discuss on the latest episode of my podcast, “What’s Bugging Me.” A few weeks ago, the Trump administration issued new sanctions against a villainous, mortal enemy of Elon Musk: Alexander de Moreas, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Brazil, who had shut down X temporarily in the country.
Then last week, on Aug. 5, President Trump went on Truth Social and called for a federal takeover of the police force in Washington D.C., in response to the nighttime beatdown of a Musk disciple, a 19-year-old DOGE employee who intervened in an attempted carjacking: Edward Coristine, better known as Big Balls (sic), a rather fitting nickname.
Elon reposted an image of the presidential text on X and seconded it.
[…]In my recent book, “The Leadership Genius of Elon Musk,” I point out that Musk and Trump came together because of that old saying, “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” They are despised by the same despots in the Democratic Party and the same lapdogs in the liberal (read: “libwit”) media.
Their split was inevitable, given the massive egos of them both, and their reconciliation may be that, too. These two men are better off as allies than as enemies. And so is our nation.
Kneale is not going to mention that he has something of a personal interest in a reconciliation, given that it would likely help sales of his book.