Trump admin live updates: Trump says Musk will 'pay the consequences' if he funds Democrats

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., downplayed Elon Musk's X posts and said the back-and-forth between him and the billionaire isn't "personal."

"Elon is a friend," the speaker told reporters while holding his chief of staff's baby.

"I've texted and called him this morning as we were scheduled to speak. We haven't yet. I sent a lot of information via text hoping he reads it -- and this isn't personal. Policy differences should not be personal," Johnson added.

Responding to questions about Musk's influence, Johnson said if anyone deserves credit for helping the House Republican Conference win the majority, it's the president.

"As somebody who traveled nonstop last year to win the House majority, I don't think any one person deserves credit, but if there is one person, it's Donald J. Trump," he said.

-ABC News' Arthur Jones II and Lauren Peller

President Donald Trump went to Truth Social again and stated he is not offended by Elon Musk's recent criticism.

"I don't mind Elon turning against me, but he should have done so months ago," he said, adding compliments about the spending bill.

"I didn't create this mess, I'm just here to FIX IT," Trump added.

House Speaker Mike Johnson responded directly to Elon Musk's criticism in a post on X.

"Where is the Mike Johnson of 2023!?" Musk posted as he reshared a 2023 post where Johnson talked about concerns on the federal debt.

Johnson responded with a lengthy post.

"The Mike Johnson of 2023 is the SAME Mike Johnson who has always been a lifelong fiscal hawk - who now serves as Speaker and is implementing a multi-stage plan to get our country back to fiscal responsibility and extraordinary economic growth," he said.

"It begins with the critically important One Big Beautiful Bill that includes the LARGEST mandatory spending cut to the federal government in history (by almost 400%), the LARGEST tax cut in history, the LARGEST investment in border security in a GENERATION, along with arguably the STRONGEST collection of pro-growth provisions EVER passed, " Johnson added.

"The same CONSISTENT Mike Johnson who has ALWAYS supported the America First Agenda," the speaker concluded.

As Elon Musk continued to slam the president on X, President Donald Trump took to his own social media platform to respond.

Trump claimed in a Truth Social post Thursday afternoon that Musk was "wearing thin" and he asked the billionaire to leave.

"I took away his EV Mandate that forced everyone to buy Electric Cars that nobody else wanted (that he knew for months I was going to do!), and he just went CRAZY!" Trump posted.

The president wrote in a follow-up post, "The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon's Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn't do it!"