Trump-Musk Feud Stirs Meme Apocalypse & Late-Night Laugh Fest
Elon Musk with Donald Trump in happier times (Image X.com)
Trump-Musk Feud Triggers firestorm of Speculations around Midterm Distraction Bet
By TRH News Desk
NEW DELHI, June 7, 2025 – The simmering spat between US President Donald Trump and tech mogul Elon Musk has erupted into a full-blown cultural phenomenon, sparking a meme tsunami across social media and turning late-night talk shows into comedy goldmines.
What began as a cryptic Truth Social post from Trump calling Musk a “space cadet with too many rockets” has escalated into a bizarre war of words, leaving netizens and comedians in a frenzy of satire.
The feud kicked off when Musk, in a now-viral X post, quipped that Trump’s latest policy idea—reportedly a plan to “Make America’s Wi-Fi Great Again” with gold-plated routers—was “less innovative than a 90s flip phone.”
Trump fired back, branding Musk “overrated” and claiming he could “build a better Cybertruck with my bare hands.” The internet, predictably, lost its collective mind.
Memes flooded platforms like X, with users churning out AI-generated images of Trump wrestling a Tesla Bot and Musk piloting a MAGA-hat-wearing Starship. One viral gem featured Trump’s face photoshopped onto a knockoff Iron Man suit, captioned: “Elon, I’m the real genius billionaire!”
Another showed Musk smirking beside a Neuralink chip labeled “Trump’s Brain: Out of Service.” X analytics show #TrumpVsMusk trending with over 3 million posts, outpacing even the latest Kardashian drama.
Late-night hosts pounced. Jimmy Kimmel dubbed it “the billionaire brawl we didn’t ask for but desperately need,” joking that Trump’s next rally might feature a “Yuge Wall of Solar Panels” to one-up Musk’s green cred.
Stephen Colbert, in a mock-serious monologue, suggested the feud could end with a “cage match on Mars,” with proceeds funding “Twitter’s unpaid server bills.”
Meanwhile, The Daily Show ran a segment titled “Elon vs. The Don: Clash of the Egos,” complete with a parody rap battle where Musk rhymes “Tesla” with “MAGA’s lesser” and Trump counters with “SpaceX? More like Space Ex-President!”
The Hollywood Reporter wrote: “On the Late Show, a giddy Stephen Colbert ran through the entire Trump-Musk back and forth. Colbert impersonated Trump and said, ‘it’s true. I’ve helped Elon a lot during the campaign. I helped him declutter his bank account of $288 million. He would hand me every dollar out, hold it, and I would say ‘this one sparks joy.’ And in the pocket it goes safe and sound with Daddy.”
Political analysts are baffled, with some speculating the feud is a publicity stunt to distract from policy debates ahead of the 2026 midterms. “It’s absurd, but it’s working,” said CNN pundit Jane Harlow. “Half the country is laughing, the other half is memeing, and nobody’s talking about inflation.”
Others see it as a clash of titanic egos, with Trump eyeing Musk’s influence over conservative X users and Musk flexing his libertarian streak.
As the meme fest rages, merch has emerged: Etsy shops are hawking “Team Trump” and “Team Musk” T-shirts, while crypto bros are pumping a dubious “TrumpMuskFeudCoin.” One X user summed it up: “This is peak 2025—two billionaires beefing while we make memes and late-night hosts get Emmys. God bless America.”
With no end in sight, the Trump-Musk saga promises more laughs, more memes, and probably another unhinged X thread by morning. Stay tuned.
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