The spectacular rupture between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk last week had observers from Palo Alto to Pennsylvania Avenue

President Donald Trump reflected on how his working relationship with Elon Musk shifted in recent weeks before the pair found themselves in an explosive falling out

“I like Tesla,” Donald Trump said at a White House event targeting California's EV rules. Meanwhile, Donald Trump Thursday, June 12, signed a resolution that blocks California’s first-in-the-nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035 with the state announcing that it was going to challenge the move.

In early June 2025, a screenshot of an allegedly authentic X post from tech billionaire Elon Musk saying he "took" the wife of White House adviser Stephen Miller spread widely online. "Just like I took your wife," Musk purportedly said in response to an X post from Miller that said, "We will take back America."

Elon Musk, the world's richest person said he regretted some of his recent criticisms of the US president Donald Trump's, after their public falling-out.

After the tech mogul began going nuclear on the president over his concerns regarding the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Trump had accused Musk of going “crazy.”

Elon Musk lost US$33.9 billion in net worth on Thursday amid his public feud with U.S. President Donald Trump, marking one of the largest single-day losses for the tech billionaire.