New first buddy Laura Loomer comes out swinging over Elon-Trump war
Source: The Independent
New first buddy Laura Loomer comes out swinging over Elon-Trump war
MAGA activist with the president’s ear was quick to back Trump, but also make jokes about his very public fall-out with Musk.
Isabel Keane
in New York
Thursday 05 June 2025 22:42 BST
Far-right activist Laura Loomer was quick with the jokes as President Donald Trump and his former adviser, tech billionaire Elon Musk, shared a nasty – and public – falling out.
Seemingly taking on Musk’s formerly self-appointed role of “First Buddy,” Loomer was quick to back Trump – but also poke fun at the two powerful men’s intense social media spat.
“BBB actually stands for Big beautiful breakup,” Loomer joked Thursday on X.
Musk, 53, and Trump, 78, got into a heated back-and-forth on their respective social media sites – X and Truth Social – after Musk publicly criticized the president’s tax bill, dubbed the “big beautiful bill,” just days after leaving his role leading DOGE.
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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/laura-loomer-trump-elon-musk-feud-b2764764.html