Michael Barbaro

Today's episode was produced by Eric Krupke, Shannon Lin, and Stella Tan.

It was edited by Chris Haxel and Paige Cowett, contains original music by Marion Lozano and Sophia Landman, and was engineered by Alyssa Moxley.

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I'm Michael Barbaro.

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From The New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. Today, the first episode of our new series, The Protocol.

From The New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. Today, the first episode of our new series, The Protocol.

The Protocol is a six-part series from The Times. That was part one. You can hear the rest of the series right now. Go to wherever you listen to podcasts and search for The Protocol. We'll be right back with the headlines. Here's what else you need to know today.

The Protocol is a six-part series from The Times. That was part one. You can hear the rest of the series right now. Go to wherever you listen to podcasts and search for The Protocol. We'll be right back with the headlines. Here's what else you need to know today.

The political partnership between President Trump and Elon Musk appeared to implode in real time on Thursday, as the two men traded a series of increasingly acrimonious insults and threats.

The political partnership between President Trump and Elon Musk appeared to implode in real time on Thursday, as the two men traded a series of increasingly acrimonious insults and threats.

What had started as a spat over Trump's big domestic policy bill, which Musk opposes as too expensive, mushroomed into squabbles about which man deserves credit for Trump's election victory and recriminations over Trump's decision last week to drop his support for a Musk ally who had been nominated to run NASA. Then came the threats.

What had started as a spat over Trump's big domestic policy bill, which Musk opposes as too expensive, mushroomed into squabbles about which man deserves credit for Trump's election victory and recriminations over Trump's decision last week to drop his support for a Musk ally who had been nominated to run NASA. Then came the threats.

Trump questioned whether the federal government should cut billions of dollars in contracts to Musk's companies. And Musk seemed to approve of calls that Trump be impeached.

Trump questioned whether the federal government should cut billions of dollars in contracts to Musk's companies. And Musk seemed to approve of calls that Trump be impeached.

I was surprised because... During a news conference in the Oval Office, Trump acknowledged the rupture.

I was surprised because... During a news conference in the Oval Office, Trump acknowledged the rupture.

And Trump suggested that since Musk had stepped away from his administration, he had turned anti-Trump because he missed the limelight.

And Trump suggested that since Musk had stepped away from his administration, he had turned anti-Trump because he missed the limelight.

That's it for The Daily. I'm Michael Barbaro. See you on Monday.