Elon Musk is turning up the political heat-and this time, his target is none other than U.S.

President Donald Trump.

In a fiery series of posts on X (formerly Twitter), the tech billionaire claimed full credit for Trump's 2024 election victory, sparking an all-out war of words. "Without me, Trump would have lost the election," Musk wrote. "Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate." According to him, he handed Trump the keys to the White House, and now, he wants his flowers.

But what triggered this outburst?