President Trump threatened to cut off Elon Musk’s federal contracts, showing that he looks at the government as his own means of penalizing those who cross him.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk's relationship has gone from clashes to collaboration and back to conflict. What began as skepticism in 2016 evolved into praise, appointments, and million-dollar campaign donations.

The feud between the president and the world's richest man has played out on social media in real time, the latest example of how X has become Elon Musk’s personal platform.

Taking to their respective social media platforms, Trump threatened to cut Musk’s government contracts, while Musk said Trump would not have won in November without him.