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    The Real Reason Grimes and Elon Musk’s Relationship Is So Surreal

    In the brouhaha over the musician dating the billionaire, no one is even bothering to argue that romance transcends politics.
    by Spencer Kornhaber Aug 03, 2018 4 minutes
    Source: Carlo Allegri / Reuters

    Add this to the list of cherished American institutions that the Donald Trump era has stampeded: the bipartisan romance. The inspirational spectacle of James Carville and Mary Matalin scrapping on TV and cuddling on the couch—maybe we can all get along!—has been replaced by ugly breakup stories. Like that of the Republican ex-cheerleader who felt “isolated” in her marriage to a Democratic state attorney after the 2016 election. Or the liberal-leaning spouse of who filed divorce papers after he joined the White House (and reconciled with him some time after his firing). Or the newly single who credited his wife’s rising xenophobia to Trump. Maybe love will eventually heal this divided nation, but for now the balm of choice seems to be alimony.

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