Elon Musk has responded to Donald Trump's remarks about possibly deporting him amid the pair's very public fallout

Elon Musk aired a piece of praise for Donald Trump despite the president threatening to deport him amid their ongoing feud. Musk paused his criticism of the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’, which is Trump’s signature domestic policy plan, to hail him on his work on another matter.

The size of Musk’s wealth, estimated by Bloomberg to be currently well over $300bn (£217bn), is closely related to the success of Tesla stock. Musk owns 12 per cent of the car manufacturing company. This is no small sum considering Tesla is one of the world’s most valuable firms in terms of market capitalisation.