Less than a week later, their potent political alliance met a dramatic end Thursday when the men attacked each other with blistering epithets. Trump threatened to go after Musk’s business interests. Musk called for Trump’s impeachment. Here’s a look at the implosion of their relationship in their own words.

A mere 96 hours after President Donald Trump paid public tribute to a symbolically and literally bruised Elon Musk in the Oval Office, the richest man in the world began a scorched Earth effort to pull the rug out from under his former political patron.

Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service project was already winding down, with many of his aides returning to their private businesses. Others, however, have remained prominently in government