The Donald Trump-Elon Musk alliance is over, with the president threatening he could terminate the tech billionaire’s many government contracts during a dizzying back-and-forth that included Musk accusing Trump of “ingratitude” and contending he had been “replaced by a body double.”

Tensions between the former unlikely partners boiled over around midday Thursday, when Trump — sitting alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office — was asked about Musk’s harsh words for Republicans’ sprawling budget reconciliation measure.

Trump said he was “very disappointed” with Musk’s public denouncements of the “big, beautiful bill.”

“I’ve always liked Elon. And so I was very surprised. You saw the words he had for me, and he hasn’t said anything about me that’s bad. I’d rather have

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