How the Trump-Musk split affects the administration’s social policy

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President Donald Trump‘s recent split with Tesla CEO Elon Musk is the edge, or maybe just the hope, for which more traditional conservatives in the party have been waiting. This is especially true in the buildup to the administration’s release of policy recommendations for in vitro fertilization.

Trump’s “baby boom” plans saw particular amplification under his political union with Musk, whose frequent reminders of “extreme birth rate collapse” encouraged pronatalists of all sorts to offer ideas. Most revolved around tax credits, educational materials, and IVF.

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