The blowup between the president of the United States and the world’s richest man has played out on social media in real time, the latest, perhaps ultimate example of how X has become Elon Musk’s personal platform,

Musk’s used his social network X to attack President Donald Trump Thursday by tapping the same tactics he previously used to bash Trump’s political adversaries.

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter with reporting and analysis about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Austin Carr writes that President Donald Trump’s public feud with Elon Musk last week provided a brief reminder of the way Twitter used to be a hub for shared cultural moments.

xAI is the company behind Grok, Musk’s “anti-woke” chatbot that is, sometimes, surprisingly woke. It also has, on occasion, broken down and ranted about “white genocide” unprompted. The company merged with X (the company formerly known as Twitter, which Musk bought in 2022) earlier this year.

Elon Musk teed off on President Donald Trump in a series of scathing posts on his X/Twitter account. Check them out here.

At a total cost of roughly $44 billion USD ($68 billion AUD approx), Tesla CEO Elon Musk acquired Twitter. What ensued in the following days was borderline anarchy — including mass lay-offs for half the company’s staff.

At its core, the Republican “big, beautiful bill” is more than just an extension of tax breaks approved during President Donald Trump’s first term at the White House. The package is an attempt by Republicans to undo, little by little, the signature domestic achievements of the past two Democratic presidents.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk says he regrets making some of his recent social media posts attacking President Donald Trump.In a post on X, Musk admitted the posts went 'too far.''I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week.