The last week has been a rare cheery one for the Left; not only did Elon Musk and Donald Trump fall out and part ways with all the vim and venom of two teenage sweethearts, but Nigel Farage and Zia Yusuf also split briefly – at least until the Reform chairman had second thoughts and returned in a DOGE incarnation.
Friend-shedding applies to most of us, unless we’re very dull or saintlike
The girl at the Guardian could barely contain herself, writing about the former; ‘Watching two of the very worst people in the world direct their nastiness at each other is extremely cathartic,’ said Arwa Mahdawi. But, this being the Guardian, Mahdawi couldn’t stay upbeat for long:
‘So is this the end of a big, beautiful friendship? Is it, as conspiracy theorist and Trump ally Laura Loomer put ‘a big beautiful breakup’? While it feels like it, we should remember that Trump has kissed and made up with his haters before.
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