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The Guardian
2 days ago
- Politics
- The Guardian
Considering an open relationship? Don't read this Reddit forum
It all started with Elon Musk's black eye. In May, the President's on-again-off-again best friend appeared in the Oval Office visibly bruised. He laughed it off and said his five-year-old child had done it. The internet had other ideas. Soon, a round of extremely unconfirmed speculation began about an alleged – and I cannot stress the word 'alleged' enough – throuple: Musk; Trump's deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller, and his wife, political adviser Katie Miller. The Democrats even weighed in with a post of an empty hotel room chair, a notorious signpost of cuckoldry. I'm not alone in finding perverse joy in other people's relationship dramas. Reddit's crowdsourced advice sections, particularly r/relationships and r/amitheasshole, have long been staples of viral posts. They're portable soap operas – or in some cases, sitcoms – with the added spice that they're (probably, sometimes, maybe) real. The Musk-Miller saga led me to r/openmarriageregret, a subreddit mining and reposting threads from other relationship and polyamory boards for cautionary tales of open relationships gone wrong. Maintaining a relationship with another human being contorts us into new ugly shapes. Maintaining a relationship with two or more other human beings can break us apart. The page opens with a sober preamble: 'Life is about choices. Some we regret, some we are proud of – and some will haunt us for ever.' It's all very 'don't try this at home'. Sure. This is for educational purposes. Many posts are as you'd imagine: a man pressures his wife into an open relationship and is then shocked to discover that she's a sought-after 10 and he's sexual kryptonite. But things can get so much worse. One user asks if they're in the wrong 'for leaving our honeymoon because my husband and his boyfriend kept leaving me and my girlfriend out'. Another writes of a very contemporary woe: 'My husband wants to open our marriage for his AI girlfriend and says it's the next step in their relationship.' Her partner has been acting distant lately, she says, spending a lot of time on the phone, smiling to himself, hiding away in the home office. Then he says he has something to tell her. Is he having an affair? No. It's far worse. The user continues: 'He told me he wants to take the next step with her.' This involves introducing the AI to their children. 'How do I stay married to someone who's half emotionally checked out of our life and into a fucking chatbot?' In the comments, several people share their experience of male partners becoming enamoured of a simulation of a woman who doesn't talk back and is programmed to think everything he says is brilliant. The voyeurism of the group is twofold: of course the relationship dramas are engaging. But so are the way people discuss these real scenarios. The commenters bring their own baggage and bias, perhaps not realising they're part of the drama themselves. The group's diehards subscribe to one central thesis: that those opening their relationships want novelty and attention, and the person who provides this is functionally irrelevant. The thesis, of course, doesn't necessarily hold water. As much as non-monogamy continues to rise, we've been gawking at successful open arrangements for decades. Not that it matters to the group's frequenters, who forge forward in their cynicism, however misinformed. 'I know absolutely no one in an open relationship or marriage,' says one user, who is in the top 1% of commenters in the group. I know, by my slightly unsettling investment in the group, that I'm complicit. But I can't look away. Who are these commenters? Who hurt them? Why are they so devoted to other people's romantic dramas, their crumbling marriages? Why am I? The emotional zing of gossip is strong. Even the usually humourless Democrats are in on it. So, putting ill will to one side: I truly hope the alleged Musk-Miller polycule patch things up. Alleged! I mean alleged! They're made for each other.
The Guardian
2 days ago
- Politics
- The Guardian
Considering an open relationship? Don't read this Reddit forum
It all started with Elon Musk's black eye. In May, the President's on-again-off-again best friend appeared in the Oval Office visibly bruised. He laughed it off and said his five-year-old child had done it. The internet had other ideas. Soon, a round of extremely unconfirmed speculation began about an alleged – and I cannot stress the word 'alleged' enough – throuple: Musk; Trump's deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller, and his wife, political adviser Katie Miller. The Democrats even weighed in with a post of an empty hotel room chair, a notorious signpost of cuckoldry. I'm not alone in finding perverse joy in other people's relationship dramas. Reddit's crowdsourced advice sections, particularly r/relationships and r/amitheasshole, have long been staples of viral posts. They're portable soap operas – or in some cases, sitcoms – with the added spice that they're (probably, sometimes, maybe) real. The Musk-Miller saga led me to r/openmarriageregret, a subreddit mining and reposting threads from other relationship and polyamory boards for cautionary tales of open relationships gone wrong. Maintaining a relationship with another human being contorts us into new ugly shapes. Maintaining a relationship with two or more other human beings can break us apart. The page opens with a sober preamble: 'Life is about choices. Some we regret, some we are proud of – and some will haunt us for ever.' It's all very 'don't try this at home'. Sure. This is for educational purposes. Many posts are as you'd imagine: a man pressures his wife into an open relationship and is then shocked to discover that she's a sought-after 10 and he's sexual kryptonite. But things can get so much worse. One user asks if they're in the wrong 'for leaving our honeymoon because my husband and his boyfriend kept leaving me and my girlfriend out'. Another writes of a very contemporary woe: 'My husband wants to open our marriage for his AI girlfriend and says it's the next step in their relationship.' Her partner has been acting distant lately, she says, spending a lot of time on the phone, smiling to himself, hiding away in the home office. Then he says he has something to tell her. Is he having an affair? No. It's far worse. The user continues: 'He told me he wants to take the next step with her.' This involves introducing the AI to their children. 'How do I stay married to someone who's half emotionally checked out of our life and into a fucking chatbot?' In the comments, several people share their experience of male partners becoming enamoured of a simulation of a woman who doesn't talk back and is programmed to think everything he says is brilliant. The voyeurism of the group is twofold: of course the relationship dramas are engaging. But so are the way people discuss these real scenarios. The commenters bring their own baggage and bias, perhaps not realising they're part of the drama themselves. The group's diehards subscribe to one central thesis: that those opening their relationships want novelty and attention, and the person who provides this is functionally irrelevant. The thesis, of course, doesn't necessarily hold water. As much as non-monogamy continues to rise, we've been gawking at successful open arrangements for decades. Not that it matters to the group's frequenters, who forge forward in their cynicism, however misinformed. 'I know absolutely no one in an open relationship or marriage,' says one user, who is in the top 1% of commenters in the group. I know, by my slightly unsettling investment in the group, that I'm complicit. But I can't look away. Who are these commenters? Who hurt them? Why are they so devoted to other people's romantic dramas, their crumbling marriages? Why am I? The emotional zing of gossip is strong. Even the usually humourless Democrats are in on it. So, putting ill will to one side: I truly hope the alleged Musk-Miller polycule patch things up. Alleged! I mean alleged! They're made for each other.
Yahoo
18-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Musk Unfollows Stephen Miller's Wife After Stealing Her Away From the White House
Elon Musk has unfollowed Stephen Miller's wife, Katie, on X just weeks after dramatically stealing her away from the White House where she worked with her husband. Musk's poaching of Katie Miller, who left her position as a spokeswoman for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in late May to work for the Tesla CEO full-time, fueled speculation about where her true loyalties lie. Well, pull up a chair, there's a new twist. Without any public comment on the fate of the highly publicized appointment, Musk's decision to unfollow Miller now raises the question of whether she is still working for him. Katie tried to put rumors about a potential rift with her husband to bed on July 4, posting a picture of herself with her husband on X in an apparent show of strength. Musk unfollowed Katie on X a week later, having previously cut ties with Stephen Miller on the platform after he threatened to primary any Republican who voted for the 'Big Beautiful Bill' and accused President Donald Trump of appearing in the files of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Miller was among those to call out Musk during the explosive break up between Trump and the billionaire. In May, the official X account of the Democratic Party trolled Miller with an image of an empty chair in a corner facing what appeared to be an empty bed, tagging @StephenM. Whether the unfollowing of Katie is a personal or professional snub remains to be seen, but her removal comes following a wider purge of MAGA loyalists by Musk, who also unfollowed Utah Senator Mike Lee and White House Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt yesterday. The Daily Beast has reached out to Musk for comment. On Wednesday, Musk also unfollowed House Speaker Mike Johnson, the White House's Rapid Response account, Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace, and Energy Secretary Chris White, as his ongoing feud with the president continues to escalate. Caught in the middle of the Trump/Musk/Miller breakup are the employees of DOGE, who are reportedly being forced to state their loyalty to the president as the administration seeks to purge itself of the remaining Musk loyalists while Trump plots revenge on his erstwhile ally. With neither Musk nor Miller at the helm, DOGE has reportedly fallen into disarray, according to Politico's West Wing Playbook. At least eight members of the original DOGE team have left the government along with Musk, with dozens more eyeing an exit. The agency, once guarded by armed security, no longer has a sentry stationed at the entrance to its headquarters, and the 'Authorized Access Only' signs around the office buildings it uses have reportedly been removed.
Daily Mail
18-07-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
Wife of Top Trump aide's close links to exiled Elon Musk emerge
Trump loyalist Katie Miller insists that she hasn't severed ties with her employer, former first-buddy Elon Musk amid the ongoing cat fight between the billionaire and Donald Trump. Miller, 30, followed her boss out of the White House when he stepped down from leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in May. But recently, rumors have swirled online that she has also left Musk's company, after the Tesla billionaire unfollowed her on his own platform earlier this week. The former White House communications staffer set the record straight in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday. 'My paycheck still comes from him,' Miller said, referring to Musk, while still giving no clues as to her exact position. She has previously acted as a spokeswoman for the billionaire. Miller, who's married to Trump aide Stephen Miller, appeared to stir the pot after she removed her SpaceX rocket X profile banner, in favor of a snap of Miller and her children. Eagle-eyed users also noticed that Musk unfollowed her, as well as many other MAGA figures, which further raised eyebrows. Senator Mike Lee, Rep. Nancy Mace, and Speaker Mike Johnson were also booted from Musk's following list on the same day. Miller responded to Musk's unfollowing with a cryptic, sun-drenched bikini X post declaring motherhood to be the 'best job in the world' Miller then posted a cryptic message just one day afterward, in which she announced she has 'best job in the world', referring to being a mother. Her post, accompanied by a picture of her family at the beach, laid a heavy emphasis on the importance of family, which led to further speculation she had cut ties with the billionaire. After quashing the rumors, Miller sent out a press statement for xAI, Musk's artificial-intelligence company, condemning eco-protesters in Tennessee. It was the first public communication for Musk that Miller had sent out in about two weeks, Reuters reported, which further instigated whispers among GOP staffers. Miller had worked as an adviser with Musk during his Department of Government Efficiency era in the White House, but left over a month ago alongside Musk. Her departure raised eyebrows within the White House, and her alliance with Musk has only further stirred staffers who viewed her as a Trump loyalist. While Musk and the president had a budding bromance during the honeymoon stage of Trump's second term, their relationship soured as Musk departed to the private sector. The rift between Trump and the former first-buddy descended into a public shaming war as their relationship fizzled following Musk's DOGE departure. While Musk and the president had a budding bromance during the honeymoon stage of Trump's second term, their relationship soured as Musk departed to the private sector Musk has since slammed Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill,' accused him of appearing in the Epstein Files, and endorsed his impeachment. Miller has since found herself caught between the two, as her husband continues his work in the White House as deputy chief of staff. Stephen Miller was 'deeply displeased' with Musk's attacks on the president's flagship legislation. He publicly defended the bill and blasted Musk's criticism, accusing the Congressional Budget Office of using 'accounting gimmicks' to inflate cost projections. In retaliation, Trump threatened to strip Musk of billions in federal contracts, while Steve Bannon called for his deportation. Stephen Miller, long thought to be a key Musk ally, now appears to be joining the opposition. Soon after, Musk unfollowed him, too.
BreakingNews.ie
18-07-2025
- Business
- BreakingNews.ie
Trump loyalist Katie Miller crosses battle lines to continue work for Elon Musk
In recent days, Republican circles in Washington have buzzed with speculation that former Trump administration official Katie Miller, an aide to Elon Musk and wife of one of the president's closest advisers, and Mr Musk have had a falling out. Their social media activity fuelled rumours that she was distancing herself from Mr Musk since his explosive break-up with US president Donald Trump. Advertisement But in an interview with Reuters, Ms Miller denied that was the case. She said she still works for Mr Musk, though she declined to describe her role or whether she serves as a spokesperson for him or his companies. "My paycheck still comes from him," she said. Late on Wednesday, after she spoke with Reuters, Ms Miller issued a Musk-related press statement, apparently for the first time in around two weeks based on media reports of the statements and a statement received by Reuters. The statement, on behalf of xAI, Mr Musk's artificial intelligence startup, denounced an environmental group's actions against the company in Tennessee. White House deputy chief of staff for policy and US Homeland Security adviser Stephen Miller (L) and his wife Katie Miller. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Ms Miller is married to influential Trump official Stephen Miller , the chief architect of the administration's controversial immigration policies and other initiatives. Both worked in Mr Trump's first administration, which ran from 2017 to 2021. Advertisement Katie Miller was appointed by Trump as an adviser to the bureaucracy-slashing Department of Government Efficiency led by Mr Musk, whose companies include SpaceX and Tesla, until around the time he left that role at the end of May. Mr Musk's feud with Mr Trump, over the administration's spending plans, swiftly followed. She left the government to work for Mr Musk over a month ago and appeared to work for Mr Musk's companies as a communications adviser. Her exact role was never made public. Ms Miller recently revamped her X profile, which once featured a banner photo of a SpaceX rocket, to highlight her life as a mother and wife. She posted photos of her workouts and beach excursions with her children. In a move that often signals a personal or professional break, Mr Musk in recent days unfollowed her account on X, his social media platform. Weeks before, he had unfollowed Stephen Miller, though he has re-followed him. Advertisement With Mr Musk recently parting ways with several top executives at his companies and the apparent split on X, three Republican sources told Reuters they suspected that Katie Miller had also split with Mr Musk. Katie Miller did not respond to questions about why she had changed her X profile and why Mr Musk had unfollowed her. Photo:World Stephen Miller: The White House aide driving Trump... Read More Katie Miller did not respond to questions about why she had changed her X profile and why Mr Musk had unfollowed her. Mr Musk and X did not respond to requests for comment. Mr Musk has been close to the Millers and spent time at their Washington-area home while working on DOGE, according to people familiar with the matter. But Katie Miller's continued alliance with Mr Musk raised eyebrows among Republican operatives. People who have worked with her describe her as a Trump loyalist and said they were surprised that she had continued to work for the billionaire as he attempted to torpedo Trump policies that her husband worked closely on, like the Big Beautiful Bill.
