The feud reignited on Monday when Musk, who spent hundreds of millions on Trump's re-election, renewed his criticism of Trump's tax-cut and spending bill, which would eliminate subsidies for electric vehicle purchases that have benefited Tesla, the leading U.S. EV maker. That bill passed the Senate by a narrow margin midday Tuesday.

The brewing fight between US President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk took a new and dramatic turn this time as President Trump publicly suggested that he might deport Elon Musk to South Africa where he was born and later he became a naturalised US citizen in 2002.