Joe Biden wishes Elon Musk ‘lots of luck on his trip to the Moon’

President Joe Biden took a dismissive jab at Elon Musk over reports that the mogul has a “super bad feeling” about the American economy.

President Joe Biden took a dismissive jab at Elon Musk over reports that the mogul has a “super bad feeling” about the American economy.

“Lots of luck on his trip to the moon,” a sarcastic Mr Biden said at a press conference Friday when asked about Musk’s reported views, NY Post reports.

The President’s comments came hours after Reuters reported that Musk told executives at Tesla that he wants to axe 10 per cent of the automaker’s 100,000-person workforce due to his gloomy view on the future of the economy.

When asked about Musk’s dour outlook — as well as similar pessimism from JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon — Mr Biden struck a more optimistic tone and touted recent investments from other automakers.

“While Elon Musk is talking about that, Ford is increasing their investment overwhelmingly,” Mr Biden said, referencing Ford’s announcement on Thursday that it plans to add 6200 factory jobs in Michigan, Missouri and Ohio.

‘Thanks Mr President!’ Elon Musk responded. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Mr Biden also touted new manufacturing investments from Chrysler parent Stellantis and computer chipmaker Intel before taking the lunar-themed jab at Musk.

In response to a clip of Mr Biden’s comments on Twitter, Musk wrote, “Thanks Mr President!” and included a link to a 2021 NASA press release about the space agency selecting SpaceX to work on a future lunar mission.

#BREAKING: President Biden responds to Elon Musk's "super bad feeling about" the US economy and wants to cut 10% of workforce: "Lots of luck on his trip to the moon." pic.twitter.com/QEYnPI6hlf

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Musk has been an outspoken critic of Mr Biden in the past, claiming that he favours automakers like Ford and General Motors because he is “captured by the unions” that represent workers in their factories.

He has also criticised the president for “not getting much done” and even compared him to Anchorman character Ron Burgundy due to his use of teleprompters.

This article originally appeared on NY Post and was reproduced with permission