WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to cut off government contracts to Elon Musk's companies and the world's richest man suggested the U.S. president should be impeached, marking a stark end to an unlikely alliance and leaving onlookers wondering what was next. The hostilities between the former allies intensified when the president criticized Tesla CEO Musk in the Oval Office and the pair then lobbed verbal barbs at each other on their social media platforms: Trump's Truth Social and Musk's X. "The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon's Governmental Subsidies and Contracts," Trump posted.

The breakup between the president of the United States and the world’s richest man is unfurling much like their relationship started — rapidly, intensely and very publicly. As…

President Trump said his relationship with Elon Musk might be over after Musk spent the past few days trying to defeat Trump's "big, beautiful bill."