Separately, White House aides, after working to persuade the president to temper his public criticism of Musk to avoid escalation, scheduled a call Friday with the billionaire CEO of Tesla to broker a peace.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and President Trump launched a war of words at each other Thursday over Musk's criticism of the Republican's "One Big, Beautiful" tax bill

President Donald Trump responded to various questions, including his relationship with Elon Musk, the war in Ukraine and his latest travel ban.

Steve Bannon has called for Elon Musk to be deported from the United States, after the dramatic bust up between the tech billionaire and President Donald Trump. In his War Room podcast Thursday, Trump's former White House chief strategist from his first term said: "Elon Musk is illegal

Trump threatened 'very serious consequences' if Elon Musk finances challengers to Republicans who support his legislative priorities.

Trump warns his former ally against backing any Democratic candidates to challenge the Republicans, as a messy feud between the two escalates.