A senior White House official told NBC News earlier Friday that the president is "not interested" in a call with the tech billionaire.

An intense public feud erupted on Thursday between President Donald Trump and his one-time ally, billionaire Elon Musk, with an argument about Trump’s massive tax and domestic policy bill raging across social media and in the Oval Office.

After a rift between President Trump and billionaire backer Elon Musk erupted publicly, Washington was assessing the damage to Trump's policy priorities and Musk's businesses.