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Once the conflict spaceship lands, Musk gets to reset and go back to playing the role he loves best: neutral visionary. A quirky futurist who backs nobody, insults everybody, and keeps his eyes glued on Mars. He can throw jabs at Trump, dunk on journalists, and still wear the “anti-elite” badge like a spacesuit patch. He’s out of the blast radius, but still circling the control room.
Meanwhile, the spat also advantages Trump: it diverts the news cycle for a few precious days from what’s actually happening — the quiet but permanent restructuring of federal IT systems, communications architecture, immigration surveillance, the DEI demolition crew, and his new emergency tariff protocols that will bring foreign markets to heel.
Here’s the thing: it doesn’t matter whether the feud is real or rehearsed. Whether this is just cosplay or an actual volcanic ego eruption, the outcome is the same: Either way, everyone wins at the end. Trump doesn’t need Elon anymore. He’s in his final term — he can burn every bridge he wants. Musk, meanwhile, already got everything he came for: access, contracts, power, and narrative redemption.
This isn’t a falling out so much as a scheduled exit. -------- 一旦冲突飞船着陆，马斯克就可以重新调整，回归他最爱的角色：中立的梦想家。一个古怪的未来主义者，他不支持任何人，侮辱所有人，目光始终锁定火星。他可以对特朗普冷嘲热讽，对记者扣篮，同时仍然像宇航服补丁一样佩戴着“反精英”徽章。他不在爆炸半径之内，但仍然在控制室里徘徊。
与此同时，这场争吵也对特朗普有利：它让新闻周期在宝贵的几天里远离了正在发生的事情——悄无声息却永久地重组联邦IT系统、通信架构、移民监控、DEI拆迁队，以及他即将让外国市场屈服的新紧急关税协议。
事情是这样的：无论这场争斗是真的还是预演的，都无关紧要。无论这只是角色扮演，还是真正的自我火山爆发，结果都是一样的：最终，每个人都是赢家。特朗普不再需要埃隆了。他正处于最后一个任期——他可以毁掉任何他想毁掉的桥梁。与此同时，马斯克已经得到了他想要的一切：渠道、合同、权力以及叙事救赎。
与其说这是一场闹剧，不如说是一次按计划的退出。
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