Separately, White House aides, after working to persuade the president to temper his public criticism of Musk to avoid escalation, scheduled a call Friday with the billionaire CEO of Tesla to broker a peace.

Alyssa Farah Griffin broke down why the post is so "damaging" to the president amid his "wild" breakup with the billionaire.

Elon Musk's statement on social media that disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein's files haven't been released because President Trump's name appears among them was an "unfortunate episode," the White House said Thursday.