Elon Musk calls White House aide Sergio Gor "a snake" in the wake of tensions with White House over Musk's feud with President Donald Trump over a withdrawn NASA nomination.

Sergio Gor has been blamed in part for the explosive breakdown in the alliance between the president and his former “First Buddy.”

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House earlier this month directed the Defense Department and NASA to gather details on billions of dollars in SpaceX contracts following the public blowout between President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, four people familiar with the order told Reuters.