Musk had tweeted this week: ‘In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party. But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican.’

‘Gee, Elon Musk never told me that until now he only voted for Democrats. Actually, it was quite the contrary,’ wrote Trump in his Truth Social post.

He continued: ‘But now it seems, with all of his problems with a probably illegal purchase of a crummy phony account loaded company, Fake Twitter, he wants to be a Republican because the Dems are a ‘Party of hate.”

‘I could have told him that a long time ago, but actually they are a Party of sickness, greed, corruption & absolute horrible policy,’ added Trump. ‘Good luck Elon, have fun!!!’