By Brian Lowry

Reality TV helped make Donald Trump president, after all, so it perhaps stands to reason that the former “The Apprentice” host and Elon Musk would treat the media to the old-white-dude version of a Bravo-style catfight, what CNN analyst Paul Begala gleefully described Thursday as “Real Househusbands of Mar-a-Lago.”

While many anticipated some version of a Trump-Musk breakup eventually, the actual event surely exceeded expectations in its early rounds. Then again, what would one expect from two wealthy eccentrics with hyperactive social media accounts, except a slap fight using tweets as ammunition?