Musk and Trump have been close, withTrump going all in on Musk.

But Trump publicly declared that the U.S. is going to impose tariffs on pretty much the entire world.

Pretending that there was no issue with such public displays of disunity left people less than impressed.

Karoline Leavitt giving a press briefing in the White House

Another called it, “Policy by playground rules,” perX.

Could Elon Musk’s time in Donald Trump’s administration be winding down?

That claim was also met with derision by critics on social media.

Elon Musk and Donald Trump in the Oval Office

With all this continued public drama, he might be leaving sooner than that.

Or Trump might side with Musk against Peter Navarro.