Trump had attempted to stay quiet over the bill – which is now treading water in the Senate – but finally broke Thursday during an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, saying Musk “never had a problem” with the bill “until right after he left.”

An afternoon of escalating attacks left the men threatening to wield their power against each other.

After long months when Donald Trump and Elon Musk appeared united in their chaotic mission to remake Washington, their relationship imploded this week like a star going supernova.