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Nervous Republicans flee Trump-Elon Musk blast radius
This article describes the recent conflict between President Donald Trump and former government official Elon Musk. Musk attacked Trump online via X comments over Trump's tax cut and spending bill. The article laid out possible consequences of this conflict for the future of the Republican party. While the article successfully describes the incident and includes direct quotes from important people like Elon's advisors, it does use very strong words/phrases. The authors of the article described Trump and Elon's initial relationship as a "bromance" and "buddy-trip movie." Later on in the piece, Republicans were described as "the kids caught between parents in the midst of a possibly brutal divorce." While politics is surely a messy platform, I feel as though the wording used by the authors was a little unnecessary. Biased language can contribute to misinformation/skew the presentation of the information, even when the facts themselves are correct. Specific word choices or phrases can influence a reader's opinion. This is why I believe the news article to be slightly troubling.
