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Musk promised to campaign against Republicans who voted for the bill, and Trump pondered whether to deport the South Africa-born billionaire. But after Musk announced over the weekend the formation of his planned third political party, the “America Party,” Trump seemed to feel less love or hate than pity.

As the Tesla boss has ramped up threats to form a new third party after Republicans passed Trump’s mega-spending bill, Musk also purged his X account of House Speaker Mike Johnson, the White House’s Rapid Response account, Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace, Energy Secretary Chris White, and MAGA activist Scott Presler.

Trump's Department of Government Efficiency led by Elon Musk faced resistance while attempting to reduce federal workforce and address the $37 trillion national debt.

The brief détente between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump took its last breath over the weekend, as the billionaire and once top Republican donor announced he would form a new political party.

Though Trump and Musk are on the outs, workers with longstanding ties to the Tesla billionaire remain embedded in the government.

From her early days as an intern at NBCU to getting hired by Elon Musk to be CEO of X, follow Linda Yaccarino's career rise.