Once a key member of President Donald Trump's inner circle, Elon Musk's relationship with the president has deteriorated into a bitter public feud.

A knock-down fight between the world's the richest person and the most powerful politician is playing out in public view.

Twenty-five minutes of live TV, more than a dozen posts on X, and three posts on Truth Social over the period of five hours (and counting) — that's how the already fractured friendship of Elon Musk and President Donald Trump publicly unraveled on Thursday.