Tesla CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump appear to be in the kind of chaotic relationship that social media lives to warn you about. First the two seemed to be enjoying a business alliance-turned-bromance when Musk was invited to become a special government employee in January and spearhead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Musk attacked Trump directly over his signature spending bill for the first time Thursday, sparking an explosive back-and-forth.

Comedian Jon Stewart said President Trump and billionaire Elon Musk are in a “pretend fight” in a podcast dropped hours before the two former allies took extraordinary public shots at each other. Trump and Musk were benefiting from each other in a big way before their fiery and public falling out that came to a…