This week, Trump has said Musk would have to "close up shop and head back home to South Africa" if he halted government subsidies to his companies, and then later added that his administration would "have to take a look" at deporting Musk.

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump said he might order the Department of Government Efficiency that Elon Musk previously led to review the government subsidies that go to Musk's companies as their rift resurfaced while the Senate took up Trump's tax and budget bill.

Trump hinted at deporting Elon Musk over his opposition to a Republican bill cutting EV subsidies, reigniting a feud between the president and the billionaire CEO.