“But neither billionaire –{Trump nor Musk}– oppose the bill for what makes it a monstrosity: that it redistributes taxpayer dollars to the richest people in the country by slashing benefits for the middle class, the poor, and everyone in between. The ability of a few wealthy people to manipulate the system to this extent–leaving two tycoons who possess the emotional register of toddlers with the power to impoverish most of the country, to their own benefit, speaks ill of the health of American democracy.”

–by Adam Serwer, “Trump and Musk Still Agree On One thing,” online in The Atlantic, June 8, 2025