WATCH: Biden slams Elon Musk’s ambitions to travel to the moon

On Thursday, leaked emails from Elon Musk to executives showed that the Tesla CEO wants to cut staffing by 10 percent and pause hiring worldwide, citing a "super bad feeling" about the economy.

During a press conference the next morning, President Biden was asked about Musk's comments, and used the opportunity to slam the billionaire's extraterrestrial ambitions.

"Elon Musk has said he has a super bad feeling about the US economy," a reporter told Biden. "He's laying off 10 percent of his workforce. What do you say to Elon Musk about the economy?"

"Well, let me tell ya," Biden replied. "While Elon Musk is talking about that, Ford is increasing their investment overwhelmingly."

"I think Ford is increasing investment in building new electric vehicles; 6,000 new employees, union employees I might add, in the midwest."

He added that the former Chrysler Corporation is "making similar investments in electric vehicles," and that Intel is "adding 20,000 new jobs for making computer chips."

"So, you know," Biden concluded, "lots of luck on his trip to the Moon."

This last comment was a dig at Musk's desire to travel to the Moon, an ambitious goal that the CEO believes he can achieve in the coming years. As The New York Times reports, Musk's company SpaceX won the first contract from NASA to take American astronauts to the Moon.

Nonetheless, Biden appeared to dismiss Musk's ambitions as a waste of time.

This is not the first time Biden has said untoward things about Tesla and Elon Musk. The president shunned the electric car manufacturer and its CEO during his State of the Union address in March.

In the recent email, Musk explained that the reason behind his decision to pause hiring and lay off workers was a "super bad feeling" about the economy, but did not get into specifics.

Tesla's share price fell on Friday, down nearly 10 percent from the day before.

Musk's sentiments are shared by JPMorgan Chase CEO Jaime Dimon, who recently warned of an impending economic "hurricane."