Bromance over: ‘Lying’ Trump, ‘crazy’ Musk clash explodes on social media

Tensions between US President Donald Trump and his formerly close adviser, billionaire Elon Musk, reached a whole new level on Thursday as the pair hurled insults at each other via their respective social media platforms, Truth Social and X. While Trump called Musk “crazy”, the world’s richest man accused the president of lying about having asked him to leave government.