Trump officials insist the president is fully committed to mass deportation. But they have been careful not to directly contradict the president’s attempt to offer a reprieve to certain businesses.
President Trump’s decision to pause most raids targeting farms and hospitality workers took many inside the White House by surprise. It came after intensive lobbying by his agriculture secretary.
The situation has all the elements that the president seeks: a showdown with a top political rival in a deep blue state over an issue core to his agenda.
The sudden fallout ended a nearly yearlong partnership, during which Mr. Musk helped propel Mr. Trump to the White House and became one of the president’s top advisers.
Elon Musk and President Trump openly feuded over the Republican domestic policy bill on Thursday, with Mr. Trump criticizing Mr. Musk during an Oval Office meeting with the chancellor of Germany, and Mr. Musk replying in kind on his X, the social media platform he owns.
On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump repeatedly promised voters that he’d be the “best friend Jewish Americans have ever had in the White House.” But after a string of violent antisemitic attacks, the president has been criticized for his slow or muted responses. Tyler Pager, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, explains.
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