India, June 7 -- A senior White House official is being blamed for setting off the explosive public spat between US President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk. A report in the New York Post suggests that months of behind-the-scenes tensions and personal vendettas may have played a key role in the high-profile fallout.

Sergio Gor, the director of presidential personnel in the Trump administration, is reportedly the force behind President Trump's abrupt decision to withdraw Musk's close friend, Jared Isaacman, from nomination as NASA administrator right after Tesla CEO Elon Musk's Oval Office exit.

According to multiple sources with direct knowledge of White House cited in the New York Post report, Gor helped push Trump to revo...