After a rift between President Trump and billionaire backer Elon Musk erupted publicly, Washington was assessing the damage to Trump's policy priorities and Musk's businesses.

Elon Musk and Donald Trump engage in public dispute over policy disagreements, economic predictions, and claims about electoral influence.

The Trump-Musk bromance, which burned hot during the campaign and for the first few months of Trump’s second term in the White House, has now experienced what SpaceX might euphemistically call a “rapid unscheduled disassembly.