Musk and Trump's fallout has already led to an ally of the Tesla CEO losing his nomination to run NASA which has remaining DOGE employees sweating.

With members embedded in multiple agencies, the team’s approach to transforming government is becoming “institutionalized,” as one official put it.

Trump downplayed the significance of the pair’s blowup Thursday evening, and Republicans appeared eager to ease tensions after their dispute dominated headlines. But their bitter public brawl has raised a host of questions about how the Trump-Musk relationship will change moving forward.