17:36โขTrump-Musk Alliance Explodes
โจThe newspapers report on the explosive breakdown of the Trump-Musk alliance, with Trump declaring their "bromance is over" and suggesting Musk has "Trump derangement syndrome" after Musk accused Trump of "such ingratitude" and claimed "without me, Trump would have lost the election" (BBC News, Daily Mail, Metro). Trump met Germany's new leader Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office to discuss Germany's migrant crisis (Breitbart London). Domestically, Reform UK faces internal turmoil as chairman Zia Yusuf resigned after criticizing his own MP's "dumb" PMQs question, with Westminster questioning whether he jumped or was pushed (HuffPost UK, New Statesman). Chancellor Reeves defended her spending review choices as "Labour choices" while Starmer promised further action against child poverty following free school meals expansion that could save parents up to ยฃ500 (The Independent, The Mirror).