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What happens when you have a friend and then you break up?

What happens when you have a friend and then you break up?

What happens when you have a friend and then you break up?

Elon Musk said the president's budget plan borrowed too much. President Trump talked of cutting Musk's contracts. Musk said, OK, I'm Steve Inskeep, and this is Up First from NPR News. The Treasury Department estimates President Trump's tariffs brought in $70 billion for the government, which may be good, but who paid?

Elon Musk said the president's budget plan borrowed too much. President Trump talked of cutting Musk's contracts. Musk said, OK, I'm Steve Inskeep, and this is Up First from NPR News. The Treasury Department estimates President Trump's tariffs brought in $70 billion for the government, which may be good, but who paid?

Elon Musk said the president's budget plan borrowed too much. President Trump talked of cutting Musk's contracts. Musk said, OK, I'm Steve Inskeep, and this is Up First from NPR News. The Treasury Department estimates President Trump's tariffs brought in $70 billion for the government, which may be good, but who paid?

Also, migrants at a detention facility lined up in a courtyard so that they spelled S-O-S. I've heard people use the word starving. What's known about their condition? Stay with us. We've got the news you need to start your day.

Also, migrants at a detention facility lined up in a courtyard so that they spelled S-O-S. I've heard people use the word starving. What's known about their condition? Stay with us. We've got the news you need to start your day.

Also, migrants at a detention facility lined up in a courtyard so that they spelled S-O-S. I've heard people use the word starving. What's known about their condition? Stay with us. We've got the news you need to start your day.

This is the moment in the relationship where you go back through the old pictures and cry, or maybe edit the other person out. Elon Musk and President Trump had seemed inseparable for months. Musk brought one of his many children, X, to the White House. He turned up casually dressed at cabinet meetings.

This is the moment in the relationship where you go back through the old pictures and cry, or maybe edit the other person out. Elon Musk and President Trump had seemed inseparable for months. Musk brought one of his many children, X, to the White House. He turned up casually dressed at cabinet meetings.

This is the moment in the relationship where you go back through the old pictures and cry, or maybe edit the other person out. Elon Musk and President Trump had seemed inseparable for months. Musk brought one of his many children, X, to the White House. He turned up casually dressed at cabinet meetings.

He stood up the Department of Government Efficiency, one of the world's richest men joyously firing people while waving around a chainsaw.

He stood up the Department of Government Efficiency, one of the world's richest men joyously firing people while waving around a chainsaw.

He stood up the Department of Government Efficiency, one of the world's richest men joyously firing people while waving around a chainsaw.

Chainsaw! And President Trump was all in favor as recently as last week when Musk left government service.

Chainsaw! And President Trump was all in favor as recently as last week when Musk left government service.

Chainsaw! And President Trump was all in favor as recently as last week when Musk left government service.

This is all history. Maybe because they broke up yesterday. NPR White House correspondent Danielle Kurtz-Laban was watching. Hi there, Danielle.

This is all history. Maybe because they broke up yesterday. NPR White House correspondent Danielle Kurtz-Laban was watching. Hi there, Danielle.