Was it really much ado about nothing . . . just a hissy fit between two mismatched people spending too much time in each other’s company? Is that what we’ve been wasting our days worrying about?

The thing is, when an average couple — married or otherwise — engage in a name-calling contest, or an outright brawl, it’s usually a private matter. Unless one kills the other, it doesn’t generally make the headlines.

But this was no ordinary couple. This was the richest man on Earth hurling insults and accusations at the supposed leader of the free world, who of course reciprocated with threats and a few snarky comments of his own. And it was all very public indeed.

Then, just as we wondered whether it meant the end of SpaceX, and Tesla, and that amorphous organization known as DOGE . . . well, suddenly it all began to cool down.

First, Donald Trump told that bastion of truthful reporting, the New York Post, that — while he was a “little disappointed” about their fallout, he held “no hard feelings” toward his former best buddy, Elon Musk. [Danai Nesta Kupemba, BBC News, June 11, 2025.]

And Musk took the hint, writing on X that he regrets some of the things he may have said about Trump . . . that “they went too far.” He even deleted many of his posts, including one that had called for Trump’s impeachment. [Id.]

Well, that sounds like a mutual apology to me, albeit without actually hearing the word “sorry.”

So should we now expect to see Musk’s face back at Mar-a-Lago? Are we to assume we’re meant to forget the whole thing happened and find some new scandal with which to amuse ourselves? How disappointing. And how dull life will once again become without “The Donnie and Elon Show” to entertain us.

But wasn’t it fun while it lasted! And it did distract us, just for a while, from more serious matters, like the situations in Ukraine and Gaza, the deployment of federal troops to Los Angeles, the transfer of enriched uranium from Iran to Russia, the cost of the upcoming birthday bash in D.C. on Saturday, and the decimation of FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) at the very start of hurricane season.

Hey, wait a minute! You don’t suppose that was the whole idea . . . ?

Nah! Not possible.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
6/11/25