New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- Months after his relation with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk turned sour, US President Donald Trump defended him when asked during a press conference about a new Gallup poll showing Musk as the "most unpopular public figure in America."

Trump said, "He [Musk] had a bad moment" but remains "a good person."

A new poll suggested that Elon Musk's image has tanked so badly that he is now the public figure that Americans dislike the most.

According to the Daily Beast, Gallup asked Americans between July 7 and July 21 what they thought of 14 well-known US and global figures, with 61 percent of respondents having an unfavorable opinion of the Tesla billionaire.

Six percent said they had no opinion of Musk, while just 33 ...