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The Musk-Trump breakup memes are coming in hot, fast, and hilarious

Apr 12, 2025; Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES; President Donald Trump and Elon Musk in attendance during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images

Yesterday, the inevitable happened: Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s bad bromance finally blew up in their faces, and it was glorious to see. There was name-calling, insult-throwing, and tantrums were pitched on both sides.

The TL;DR: Elon outed Trump as being in the Epstein files, Trump responded by essentially calling him Epstein in Space. But the only thing better than the breakup itself were the gay memes celebrating it.

It’s wonderful to see horrible people get hoist by their own petard! A lovely Pride month gift for all of us.

“This is like Drake and Kendrick Lamar,” one BlueSky user posted, “but they’re both Drake.”

this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake

— Anna Hughes 🍁 (@annaghughes.bsky.social) June 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM

it's like a feud between two drakes, not a kendrick in sight

— Lilly Dancyger (@lillydancyger.bsky.social) June 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM

There’s a rare pleasure in watching a fight between two people you absolutely can’t stand.

Everyone on Twitter right now.

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— John Rain🥇 (@johnrain.co.uk) June 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM

I am never going to die

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— JP (@jpbrammer.bsky.social) June 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM

Meanwhile, people with an actual investment in this fight are…getting weird about it.

I am never going to die

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— JP (@jpbrammer.bsky.social) June 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM

The rest of us are kicking back with a bowl of popcorn and 37 group chats open at the same time.

Least surprising breakup since Stephen Miller and his suit made of human skin

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— Jesse Duquette (@jesseduquette.bsky.social) June 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM

It’s awful living in this place at this time, but never let it be said we didn’t get our laughs in while we could.

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Henry Giardina (he/they) is the editor of INTO. He lives in Los Angeles. Past publications include the New York Times, The Believer, The New Yorker, The Paris Review Daily, The Atlantic, Film Comment, and Gizmodo. He is @punkgroucho on Twitter.