Geoff Bennett:
For his part, Elon Musk sparred publicly throughout the day with former Trump adviser Steve Bannon on social media, calling him a criminal. That came after Bannon suggested that Trump should have the government seize control of SpaceX and investigate Musk’s immigration status.
Musk, who was born in South Africa, has been a naturalized U.S. citizen since 2002.
For more, we’re joined now by Tyler Pager, White House correspondent for The New York Times.
Tyler, thank you for being with us.
So you and your colleagues have new reporting on what triggered this Trump-Musk rupture. What set it off?
