
When President Donald Trump was first visited by billionaire and close ally Elon Musk in 2020, the two reportedly didn't get along, with Musk disapproving of the White House and Trump himself.
In 2020, just before the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, which wreaked havoc upon the U.S., Musk visited Trump in the White House during his first presidential term to discuss a plan to build a Tesla gigafactory in Mexico instead of in Texas.