Musk spent more than $250m on Trump’s election campaign, appeared at campaign rallies, and spent election night at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
Then it all fell apart. Just over four months into Trump’s second term, the relationship has spectacularly imploded.
After months of harmony between the two, Musk begins to break ranks on Trump’s economic policies.
Two days later, Musk announces his departure from the White House, saying it was “scheduled”.
Elon Musk receives a golden key from Donald Trump in the Oval Office after leaving his government role (Photo: Nathan Howard/Reuters)
On 31 May, Trump gives Musk a gold key to the White House as a leaving present during a farewell press conference in the Oval Office.
On social media, he thanked Trump “for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending”, saying that Doge’s mission “would only strengthen over time”.
3 June: Social media attacks begin
“I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination,” he writes.
He continues the criticisms the following day but are laughed off by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
5 June: The bromance explodes
“Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Democrats would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate,” Musk claims. “Such ingratitude.”
Trump attacks Elon Musk on his social media site, Truth Social. (Photo: Truth Social)
“The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts,” he posts. “I was always surprised that Biden didn’t do it!”
“I asked him to leave, I took away his EV Mandate that forced everyone to buy Electric Cars that nobody else wanted (that he knew for months I was going to do!), and he just went CRAZY!”
In the Oval Office, Trump tells reporters he is “very disappointed in Elon”.
A short time later: Musk makes Epstein claim
“Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!”
Musk was one of the Republican presidential contender’s top financial backers and joined him several times on the campaign trail last year (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP)
In February, the US attorney general pledged to release all of the information the government has on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein – known as the “Epstein files”.
However, “Phase One” of the release of documents contained only phone-book contacts and flight logs, most of which have been available since 2015. No date has been set for releasing the remaining files.
Time to drop the really big bomb:@realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public.Have a nice day, DJT!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2025Trump says in a post on his social media site Truth Social that “I don’t mind Elon turning against me, but he should have done so months ago”.
Then: Musk backs calls for Trump’s impeachment
Musk shared a post calling for Trump to be impeached and saying Elon would “win” their battle.
“Yes,” Musk added.
Later in the night he reposted a meme showing the pair having an arm wrestle.
Yes t.co/rqRsX8B4Hg
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2025He also shares a post about voters turning away from the Republican party, which says that Republicans will likely lose the House in 2026 and “Democrats will spend two years investigating and impeaching President Trump.”
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