Susie Wiles said it was "not a good ending" for Musk's time in the White House, but she enjoyed working with him overall.

Before we assess the eternally unrealized dream of a potent third party in American politics, let’s consider the specific, recently emergent dream of one specific man: Elon Musk.

Musk has become the latest rich egomaniac to fall into this trap.

Donald Trump has assigned Transport Secretary Sean Duffy a second job as interim caretaker of NASA after the president dumped his original choice to lead the space agency. Duffy has been locked in a war of words this year with Trump’s former space buddy,

“Are people still talking about this guy? This creep?” Trump fumed during Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting.

As Trump’s government has refused to release more information on Epstein, Musk has pounced on the opportunity to sow mistrust against his former pal.