President Donald Trump on Sunday called Elon Musk's plans to form a new political party "ridiculous," launching new barbs at the tech billionaire and saying the Musk ally he once named to lead NASA would have presented a conflict of interest given Musk's business interests in space.

Donald Trump, from inside the White House, took a blowtorch to Elon Musk on Sunday through a post on Truth Social. The US president said, “I am saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely ‘off the rails,