Bangladesh, June 7 -- In what may well go down as one of the more surreal political spectacles of the post-truth era, two titans of American power – President Donald Trump and tech oligarch Elon Musk-have engaged in a brash, unfiltered, and intensely personal public feud. The explosive fallout between Trump, once the most powerful elected official on Earth, and Musk, the worlds richest man and the closest thing America has to a private space czar, has gripped headlines, not only for its drama but for what it reveals about the nature of American governance, power, and the grotesque theater of ego that increasingly defines both.

The initial spark that set the bromance ablaze was Trumps so-called “Big Beautiful Bill,” a ta...