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Donald Trump and Elon Musk's on-again, off-again bromance has seen everything from awkward praise, to public spats – and it hit another dramatic twist after their high-profile fallout in June, when Musk suddenly stepped down from his controversial post as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Musk has mainly taken aim at Trump over the ballooning national debt tied to his flagship policy bill, but he's also repeatedly needled the former president by invoking the Epstein files.