President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are breaking up – and they’re doing so in a very public manner.

At an Oval Office press conference Thursday, with Germany’s leader next to him, Trump said he is "very disappointed" in Musk after the billionaire began blasting Trump’s "big, beautiful" spending bill on social media. He suggested that Musk, who left the White House last month after running the often turbulent Department of Government Efficiency, misses the Oval Office and has "Trump derangement syndrome."

Observers had long wondered if the friendship between Trump and Musk would flame out in spectacular fashion. It took less than a year for it to happen.

Now, Trump is threatening to cut Musk’s billions of dollars in government contracts as the feud quickly escalates.

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