German court rules against Peruvian farmer in landmark climate lawsuit
HAMM, Germany — A German court ruled against a Peruvian farmer on Wednesday in a landmark climate lawsuit where he claimed that global warming fueled by energy company RWE 's historical greenhouse gas emissions put his home at risk.
Farmer and mountain guide Saúl Luciano Lliuya said that glaciers above his hometown of Huaraz, Peru, are melting, increasing the risk of catastrophic flooding. RWE, which has never operated in Peru, denies legal responsibility, arguing that climate change is a global issue caused by many contributors.
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New York Times
19 minutes ago
- New York Times
Live Updates: Trump-Musk Alliance Dissolves as They Hurl Personal Attacks
Pinned President Trump and Elon Musk's alliance dissolved into open acrimony on Thursday, as the two men hurled personal attacks at each other after the billionaire had unleashed broadsides against the president's signature domestic policy bill. While meeting with Friedrich Merz, Germany's new chancellor, in the Oval Office, Mr. Trump broke days of uncharacteristic silence and unloaded on Mr. Musk, who until last week was a top presidential adviser. 'I'm very disappointed in Elon,' Mr. Trump said. 'I've helped Elon a lot.' As the president criticized Mr. Musk, the billionaire responded in real time on X, the social media platform he owns. 'Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate,' Mr. Musk wrote. 'Such ingratitude,' he added, taking credit for Mr. Trump's election in a way that he never has before. Mr. Musk had been careful in recent days to train his ire on Republicans in Congress, not Mr. Trump himself. But he discarded that caution on Thursday, ridiculing the president in a pattern familiar to the many previous Trump advisers who have fallen by the wayside. What started as simply a fight over the domestic policy bill sharply escalated in just a few hours. Within minutes of one another, Mr. Trump was making fun of Mr. Musk's unwillingness to wear makeup to cover a recent black eye, and Mr. Musk was raising questions about Mr. Trump's competency as president. The public break comes after a remarkable partnership between the two men. Mr. Musk deployed hundreds of millions of dollars to support Mr. Trump's 2024 presidential campaign. After Mr. Trump won, he gave Mr. Musk free rein to slash the federal work force. And just last week, Mr. Trump gave Mr. Musk a personal send-off in the Oval Office. The president praised Mr. Musk as 'one of the greatest business leaders and innovators the world has ever produced' and gave him a golden key emblazoned with the White House insignia. Mr. Musk promised to remain a 'friend and adviser to the president.' But now Mr. Musk, who has left his temporary role, has turned into the most prominent critic of a top presidential priority. Mr. Musk has lashed out against the far-reaching policy bill in numerous posts on X. He has called it a 'disgusting abomination,' argued that the bill would undo all the work he did to cut government spending and hinted that he would target Republican members of Congress who backed the legislation in next year's midterm elections. Mr. Trump on Thursday said Mr. Musk's criticism of the bill was entirely self-interested, saying he only opposed the legislation after Republicans took out the electric vehicle mandate, which would benefit Tesla, Mr. Musk's electric vehicle company. (Mr. Musk has previously called for an end to those subsidies.) The president also downplayed Mr. Musk's financial support for him during the campaign, arguing he would have won Pennsylvania without Mr. Musk, who poured much of his money and time into the critical battleground state. Mr. Musk also on Thursday rebutted Mr. Trump's statement that Mr. Musk 'knew the inner workings of the bill better than anybody sitting here.' 'False, this bill was never shown to me even once and was passed in the dead of night so fast that almost no one in Congress could even read it!' Mr. Musk wrote, sharing a video of Mr. Trump saying he was disappointed in Mr. Musk.
WIRED
30 minutes ago
- WIRED
The Elon Musk and Donald Trump Breakup Has Started
Jun 5, 2025 2:13 PM Trumpworld insiders fear that Elon Musk's attacks on Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" could kill it—and are already advising candidates to turn their backs on the world's richest man. Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks alongside US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025. Photograph:Elon Musk may have finally reached the end of his rope with President Donald Trump—and vice versa. While the world's richest man wars with the president on X, Republican strategists and insiders in Trumpworld tell WIRED that Musk's broader future in Republican politics is on shaky ground. Over the last few days, Musk has posted increasingly personal criticisms at Trump and the Republican budget reconciliation package known as the Big Beautiful Bill on X. This came to a head on Thursday, when Trump addressed the relationship during a press conference with German chancellor Friedrich Merz. 'Elon and I had a great relationship. I don't know if we will anymore,' said Trump, who compared Musk to past aides who have, he said, developed 'Trump derangement syndrome' after leaving his administration. Trump and Musk have been in lockstep since Musk endorsed the president in July 2024. Musk poured hundreds of millions into Trump's re-election bid, and their close relationship has been promoted by the pair countless times. Just last week, the two held a joint press conference as an apparent celebration of and conclusion to Musk's time as a special government employee involved with his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Today's remarks, though, reveal how fractured that relationship has become. 'Without me, Trump would have lost the election,' Musk posted on X shortly after Trump's comments. 'Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate.' Behind the scenes, Trumpworld Republicans tell WIRED, this tension is about more than just a bromance falling apart. If Musk continues to escalate, he may drag down legislation that Trump sees as a key part of his political legacy. 'If [Musk] actually successfully gets any votes switched to tank this bill and kills it,' a senior Trumpworld strategist tells WIRED, 'then I think at that point he's fucking dead to Donald Trump.' This Republican—who, like the four WIRED spoke to for this story, requested anonymity to keep what's left of their political futures alive after the current implosion of the Trump-Musk relationship—went on to say that Musk meddling in the Big Beautiful Bill came at the worst time and with the highest stakes for the Trump White House. At best, they say, Trump has '18 months' to cement his legacy with his signature legislation. 'Some of the priorities of President Trump are not possible outside of this bill.' After that, this same senior Republican said, the remainder of Trump's term will likely be hamstrung by an expected Democratic victory in the House in the midterms that would prevent any major legislative wins. 'Whatever,' Musk tweeted minutes after Trump's comment about their relationship, and the president's claims that Musk was only upset about the potential impact to his automotive business. 'Keep the EV/solar incentive cuts in the bill, even though no oil & gas subsidies are touched (very unfair!!), but ditch the MOUNTAIN of DISGUSTING PORK in the bill. In the entire history of civilization, there has never been legislation that both (sic) big and beautiful. Everyone knows this! Either you get a big and ugly bill or a slim and beautiful bill. Slim and beautiful is the way.' Musk has continued posting, attacking, he says, what he believes is Trump's about-face on raising the debt ceiling. (According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the package would increase the deficit by $2.4 trillion through 2034, mostly due to an anticipated $3.7 trillion decline in revenues due to the extension of tax cuts passed during Trump's first term. The package would cut spending by about $1.3 trillion, with most of that coming from cuts to Medicaid and food assistance. Other spending would decline by about $64 billion on net, the CBO has written, with cuts offset by 'increases in outlays for defense, immigration enforcement, and homeland security.' Because the package would increase the deficit, it would necessitate increasing the debt ceiling—something Trump has said he would like to do away with entirely.) Republicans familiar with the dynamic between Trump and Musk said several recent flashpoints have brought the two men closer to the brink. The most notable were Musk's reported outrage at Trump's announcement that he was withdrawing the nomination of Jared Isaacman, a Musk ally, for Nasa administrator. The Big Beautiful Bill, if passed, would also cut the electric tax vehicle credit that benefits companies like Tesla. 'If this really is a divorce and they start butting heads,' a second senior Republican strategist plugged into Trumpworld tells WIRED, 'it doesn't take much for Trump to put out a Truth Social post that undermines what Elon's trying to do.' Two of the Trumpworld Republican strategists WIRED spoke with who have clients on Capitol Hill—including senators facing reelection—said that even before Thursday's outburst, Musk had become so toxic that even his seemingly endless funds couldn't change their outlook. 'My advice to clients, many of which are in Congress in the Senate and seeking reelection, is to take the side of their voters and not the side of Elon Musk,' says the senior Republican strategist. 'If you vote to basically throw your district under the bus,' the second Republican adds, 'that means you're going to lose in November anyways.' Fearing a midterms wipeout and a lingering, toxic drag on the GOP brand from Musk, Republicans who had been cautious in their approach to the world's richest man are feeling increasingly emboldened to encourage their clients to break free. 'You should not turn your back on promises made [to voters] just because Elon Musk is mad about it,' the first strategist says. 'Unless Elon Musk spends a couple hundred million dollars going after people in these primaries, that is not going to have the impact that people think he does because Donald Trump is still more popular than anybody else in the party. And if you're on the side of Donald Trump, then ultimately you're going to be okay.'
Gizmodo
30 minutes ago
- Gizmodo
Trump Mocks Elon's Black Eye: ‘Do You Want a Little Makeup?'
President Donald Trump might really be souring on billionaire oligarch Elon Musk. And it's getting petty in exactly the ways you'd expect. Trump held a press conference Thursday with Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office of the White House, where the president was asked about topics like his new travel ban, his conversation with China's president Xi Jinping, and the war between Russia and Ukraine. But it was a question about Musk that seemed to get Trump most animated, as Trump is always extremely comfortable discussing reality-TV drama, including their recent conflict over the Republican budget bill. Where is this guy today?? — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2025 Musk has been tweeting up a storm this week, imploring Americans to call their representatives and 'KILL THE BILL' because it doesn't cut enough spending, despite projections that it will cut Medicaid by $800 million and cause about 10 million people to lose their health coverage. Musk took a chainsaw to the federal government as the head of DOGE, but has clearly been frustrated with his inability to cut even more than the $150 billion he claimed. Trump was asked Thursday by a reporter whether Musk's criticism of the so-called Big Beautiful Bill put it in danger of not passing. Trump said he liked Elon and, 'he hasn't said anything about me that's bad,' adding that he'd rather see the billionaire criticize him than the bill. Trump mentioned that Musk's hand-chosen pick for NASA administrator was withdrawn as the nominee because he was a Democrat, and suggested the move might be part of why Musk wasn't too happy right now. Private astronaut Jared Isaacman's nomination to lead NASA had made its way out of committee and was on heading to a final vote in the Senate before it was abruptly yanked by the White House, just a day after Musk's 'farewell' press conference on Friday. 'I can understand why he's upset. Remember, he was here for a long time. You saw a man who was very happy when he stood behind the Oval Desk,' Trump said, apparently referring to the Resolute Desk. Trump went on to poke fun at Musk's black eye, which the billionaire said he got when he asked his 5-year-old son to hit him in the face: 'And even with the black eye, I said, do you want a little makeup? We'll get you a little makeup. But he said, no, I don't think so, which is interesting and very nice.' Trump, of course, said at that May 30 press conference that he didn't even notice the black eye—one of those transparent lies that Trump says as a joke to ridicule someone to their face. Trump went on to say he was 'very disappointed' in Musk because he knew what was in the bill, and said the Tesla CEO only developed a problem because the legislation was cutting an electric vehicle 'mandate.' 'He had no problem with it. All of a sudden, he had a problem. And he only developed the problem when he found out that we're going to have to cut the EV mandate because that's billions and billions of dollars,' Trump said. In reality, there has never been an EV 'mandate' at the federal level, though some states are trying to phase out gas-powered cars, which has been addressed in different legislation from Republicans who have sought to outlaw any future ban on cars with internal combustion engines. The so-called Big Beautiful Bill doesn't address any 'mandate,' but the Senate passed a bill last month to stop states like California from trying to do that. 'And when that was cut—and Congress wanted to cut it, he became a little bit different. And I can understand that,' Trump said, claiming Musk 'never had a problem until right after he left.' Trump went on to point out how much Musk has previously praised the president. But he predicted Musk might be saying some bad things about Trump in the future. 'And if you saw the statements he made about me, which I'm sure you can get very easily, it's very fresh on tape, he said the most beautiful things about me,' Trump said. 'And he hasn't said bad about me personally, but I'm sure that'll be next. But I'm very disappointed in Elon. I've helped Elon a lot.' Trump went on to suggest that Musk might just be so sad that he's no longer working in the White House that it's making him personally upset. 'A lot of good things are happening in this room,' Trump said, referring to the Oval Office. 'And I'll tell you, it's not… he's not the first. People leave my administration, and they love us. And then, at some point, they miss it so badly. And some of them embrace it, and some of them actually become hostile.' Trump is, of course, notorious for alienating people who work for him, but that's largely chalked up to the fact that he's a narcissistic fascist who only cares about himself. 'I don't know what it is. It's sort of Trump Derangement Syndrome, I guess they call it. But we have it with others, too. They leave, and they wake up in the morning, and the glamour's gone. The whole world is different, and they become hostile. I don't know what it is,' Trump said, saying journalists might one day 'write a book about it and let us know.' There have been several books published by Trump's former staff, including those by former national security advisor John Bolton, former deputy director of the FBI Andrew McCabe, and former chief of staff for the Department of Homeland Security Miles Taylor. None of them is flattering, to say the least. The budget bill has passed the U.S. House but needs to be passed by the Senate before it can be signed into law by the president. Republicans are trying to get the bill passed before July 4, though that timeline is regarded as unrealistic, given the challenges. Whatever happens, the bill needs to pass by August, when the U.S. Treasury projects the country will hit the debt ceiling and go into default. The press conference on Thursday also involved a wide range of topics involving Trump's favorite complaints, including former President Joe Biden's use of the Autopen, a tool used by presidents to sign documents. Trump has tried to claim that it was 'the biggest scandal in maybe 100 years.' But Trump is really most at home when he can discuss the palace intrigue of the day. And when the wealthiest man in the world is starting to throw shade at the U.S. president's most important piece of legislation, the American media landscape is bound to start looking a lot more like reality TV drama.
