How Trump and Musk’s relationship flamed out Politics Jun 5, 2025 5:28 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and Elon Musk ’s alliance took off like one of SpaceX ’s rockets. It was supercharged and soared high. And then it blew up.

The spectacular flameout Thursday peaked as Trump threatened to cut Musk’s government contracts and Musk claimed that Trump’s administration hasn’t released all the records related to sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein because Trump is mentioned in them.

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The tech entrepreneur even shared a post on social media calling for Trump’s impeachment and skewered the president’s signature tariffs, predicting a recession this year.

The messy blow-up between the president of the

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