When Donald Trump re-entered the White House, Elon Musk came with him as his ‘tech bro-in-chief’, tasked with rebooting the government machine. But five months on, Musk’s ambitious plan to cut $2tn from the annual government budget has failed, and his relationship with the president has ended in a bitter break-up. Could the world’s richest man come to regret his time in politics?Murad Ahmed speaks to Joe Miller, the FT’s Washington correspondent, about how and why Musk’s time in DC came to an abrupt end, and to Stephen Morris, the FT’s San Francisco bureau chief, about what this means for Musk’s business empire.Free to read:<a href="https://on.ft.com/448iHrz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What has Elon Musk’s Doge actually achieved?</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/43ZoHme" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Elon Musk counts the cost of his ‘government efficiency’ blitz</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3ZyioEU" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Are Donald Trump and Elon Musk now enemies?</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/405UfFK" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Musk vs Trump is a cautionary tale for Silicon Valley</a>This season of Tech Tonic is presented by Murad Ahmed and produced by Josh Gabert-Doyon. The senior producer is Edwin Lane and the executive producer is Flo Phillips. Sound design by Breen Turner and Samantha Giovinco. Original music by Metaphor Music, Manuela Saragosa and Topher Forhecz are the FT’s acting co-heads of audio.<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2dceebe8-526d-4cb5-9ed6-1b47f249947e" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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