A timeline of the praises and insults that President Trump and Elon Musk have lobbed at each other shows how their volatile clash was years in the making.

Elon Musk has been attacking Donald Trump's "big beautiful bill" for several days and suddenly the pair both went for the jugular in an ugly war of words on social media

Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and David Sacks eagerly pursued political influence, and when President Donald Trump took power for the second time, their stars ascended.

Elon Musk’s public feud with Donald Trump has opened up divisions within the GOP and could potentially lead to Republican losses in the next midterm and presidential elections.

The world’s richest man and the president of the United States are now openly fighting.

Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel and Michael Kosta took great delight at the president's very public breakup with the Tesla billionaire.

As two of the world’s most powerful men openly clash, there are seismic implications for the country as a whole and the Republican Party specifically.

The staggering and exceedingly public rupture in the world’s most consequential and unprecedented partnership was a long time coming. But the surreal state of suspended animation that consumed Washington as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk traded escalating blows on social media obscured a 48-hour period that illustrated profoundly high-stakes moment for the White House.

The HBO host walked viewers through the beef blow-by-blow: Musk slammed Trump’s “big beautiful bill” as a “disgusting abomination,” Trump accused Musk of having “Trump derangement syndrome,” and Musk warned that Trump’s tariff plans could spark a recession — or as Maher accidentally (and hilariously) said, an “erection.”

don’t be surprised if they make up again days from now. In the meantime, they both benefit. By David Streitfeld Reporting from San Francisco Elon Musk was once known for doing things.