The pair has spent much of the week taking increasingly aggressive pot shots at each other in social media posts and press appearances. Musk on Wednesday posted that Senate Republicans should vote to “KILL the BILL,” which would add trillions to the deficit while cutting Medicaid and other programs benefitting the poor.

Elon Musk and cohort of Senate Republicans find common ground in their disdain for the House GOP's version of President Donald Trump's "one big, beautiful bill."

President Trump responded to Elon Musk’s criticism of his tax-and-spending bill, saying cutting the EV mandate in the legislation “disturbed” Musk.