Every divorce is painful, even the ones we see coming. The MAGA faithfulthose whove spent the last decade weathering smear campaigns, censorship, and mockery for backing a man who promised to drain the swampnow face a difficult reckoning. Its time to pick sides. And make no mistake: this is a split. The Trump-Musk bromance, once filled with mutual nods and occasional meme-sharing affection, is over. And thats not a tragedy. Its clarity.Because while many on the right have admired Elon Musk for his defiance of woke orthodoxy, his skirmishes with legacy media, and his talent for commanding attention, he was never truly aligned with the mission. Elon isnt fighting for America. Hes fighting for something else entirely: bandwidth, bots, and Mars.Trump? Hes still fighting for you.DEMOCRATS BEGIN TO EMBRACE MUSK AMID TRUMP SPAT AFTER PARTY RAILED AGAINST HIM AS A 'DICTATOR'For a while, it was convenient to pretend the two men were aligned. Both billionaires. Both anti-establishment disruptors. Both hated by the same people. But thats a surface readinga lazy one. Scratch even slightly beneath, and what emerges is a yawning ideological gap between a nationalist and a globalist. A man trying to restore Americas sovereignty, and a man trying to abandon Earth entirely.Trumps project has always been terrestrial. He wants factories in Michigan, borders in Texas, and jobs in Ohio. He wants to make America great again, not because its nostalgic, but because it was workinguntil it wasnt. Musk, on the other hand, wants to make Mars habitable. He talks about humanity like a species, not a nation. Its not evil. But its not patriotic either. Musks horizon doesnt stop at the Pacificit doesnt even stop at the stratosphere.And when it comes to allegiance, Musks is flexibletransactional. He sides with whoever can help him build the next piece of his empire. One day its Trump. The next, it's Xi Jinping, who previously rolled out the red carpet while Musk praised Chinas "work ethic" and handed over key patents for electric vehicle tech. This isnt a man committed to the West. Its a man committed to whatever works.This isnt a matter of good guy versus bad guy. Its a matter of side. One wants a sovereign America, and the other wants a scalable platform.REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS STAND FIRM AGAINST MUSK'S KILL THE BILL ASSAULT ON TRUMP'S AGENDALets not forget who these men are. Donald Trump is crude, sure. But hes clear. He believes the American worker has been screwed, the middle class decimated, and the country handed over to foreign interests and multinational parasites. And hes not wrong. He ran on a promise to put America first.Musk, on the other hand, believes the solution to our problems is a blend of Neuralink, Starlink, and some theoretical Martian colony where free speech exists in the form of X Premium subscriptions. His obsession isnt justiceits optimization. He doesnt care about restoring the American Dream. He wants to replace it with a simulation.Look closely, and youll see that Musks libertarian chic has always been more about license than liberty. He wants fewer rulesnot necessarily more rights. His vision isnt rooted in the Constitution. Its rooted in code.ELON MUSK MAY SPEAK TO TRUMP AIDES IN PUSH TO CALM FEUDMeanwhile, Trump stands for something dangerous in elite circles: limits. Borders. Culture. Memory. The idea that you cant code your way out of decline. That you actually have to fight for your country, not automate it out of existence. Thats why the regime hates him. And why some on the right, mesmerized by Musks IQ and memes, need to wake the hell up.Because this divorce was inevitable. The man who wants to lead a nation cant stay hitched to the man who wants to lead a species. And the man who wants to win the hearts and minds of blue-collar America cant march in lockstep with the guy whos building a rocket in Texas to colonize Olympus Mons.Its fine to admire Musks courage in certain cultural battles. But admiration doesnt equal allegiance. This isnt about whos cool on X. This is about who shows up for the American worker. Who bleeds when this country bleeds. Who isnt looking for the eject button.So yesdivorces hurt. But sometimes theyre clarifying.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONReal MAGA means putting America first. Not Mars. Not markets. Not memes.Trump doesnt want to terraform a new world. He wants to fight for this one.And if you believe this country is still worth saving, then your choice isnt complicated.Choose the president. Not the platform.Choose the man who confronts Chinanot the one who collaborates with it.Choose the man who fights for your landnot the one who dreams of leaving it.