What becomes of the broken-hearted? Their social media posts might look flippant – but with such enormous wealth and power, the feeds of Donald Trump and Elon Musk are rarely inconsequential.

Or as one commentator put it – ‘I’m just so glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data’.

So what consequences could there now be in Washington – and Silicon Valley?

Reporter: Kiran Moodley

Producer: Matthew Cundall

Picture Editor: Manos Koutsavakis

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