President Donald Trump told NBC News that he believes his relationship with Elon Musk is irreparable after their clash this week. "I would assume so," Trump said when asked if the pair's relationship is over.

Musk ratcheted up his rhetoric against the legislation this week, branding it a “disgusting abomination” before attacking Trump directly, calling for him to be impeached, threatening to start a rival party, and suggesting he had links with the disgraced financier and child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.