US President Donald Trump has made a bizarre threat to Elon Musk as the pair's wild feud explodes in front of the entire world. July 4 is traditionally a time of fireworks for the United States. But Elon Musk got the party started early.

Elon Musk has taken to social media for the first time since Donald Trump seemed to suggest the possibility of deporting him after he publicly criticised the Big Beautiful Bill once more

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.