Cracks begin emerging in the MAGA coalition

The very public – and often sophomoric– fights emerging within President Trump’s inner circle have exposed the many different factions desperately competing for Trump’s ear. 
The two spats – one between Elon Musk and trade advisor Peter Navarro and the other between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick – burst into the public’s view this week as chaos over Trump’s trade policy unnerved markets and business lea