In response, Trump told NBC News that he had no intentions of speaking to Elon and said he would "pay very serious consequences" if he funded Democrats in future elections. Things simmered down when the two backtracked a bit. Trump told reporters he was planning on keeping the red Tesla.

Elon Musk gave his take Monday on the report that Donald Trump’s administration does not plan to release the Epstein client list. “What’s the time?” Musk wrote on X along with a photo that read ‘The official Jeffrey Epstein Pedophile Arrest Counter. “Oh look, it’s no-one-has-been-arrested-o’clock again …"

President Donald Trump said he was "saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely 'off the rails'" in recent weeks.