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Elon Musk has seemingly extended an olive branch to his former ally Donald Trump, expressing regret over their recent online altercation.
On his platform X, previously known as Twitter, the tech mogul today, 11th June, 2025 posted: “I regret some of my posts about President Donald Trump last week. They went too far.”
The internet was abuzz with speculation, with some users questioning if Musk’s account had been compromised and others pondering whether he’d be open to collaborating with Trump again.
The fallout between the two high-profile figures started with Musk’s outspoken disapproval of Trump’s proposed legislation in Congress. The SpaceX CEO lambasted the bill for its potential to balloon the federal deficit, branding it a “disgusting abomination.”
Musk vented on X, saying: “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore,” and continued his tirade against the contentious spending bill, condemning those who supported it: “This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.”
The conflict intensified when Musk called for Trump’s impeachment and made unverified allegations regarding the president’s supposed connections to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. By Saturday morning, it appeared that Musk had deleted his tweets concerning Epstein, reports the Irish Star.
Before Elon Musk issued his latest apologetic statement, Donald Trump conveyed to NBC’s Kristen Welker in a phone interview that he had no plans for a reconciliation with Musk. When questioned about the status of his relationship with the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, Trump responded: “I would assume so, yeah.
“I’m too busy doing other things,” Trump continued. “You know, I won an election in a landslide. I gave him a lot of breaks long before this happened; I gave him breaks in my first administration and saved his life in my first administration; I have no intention of speaking to him.”
With rumors swirling that Musk might throw his support behind Democratic candidates in the 2026 midterm elections, the president sounded a note of warning.
“If he does, he’ll have to pay the consequences for that,” Trump cautioned in the NBC interview, leaving the nature of those consequences unsaid. Musk’s enterprises enjoy a number of lucrative government contracts.
Vice President JD Vance, in a separate interview, sought to downplay the tension. He admitted that Musk’s criticisms of Trump were a “huge mistake” but characterized Musk as an “emotional guy” who is just venting his frustration.
During the conversation, Von put forward Musk’s claim to the vice president that records connected to Epstein were being concealed by Trump’s administration because they implicate Trump himself.
Vance vehemently refuted this accusation, stating: “Absolutely not. Donald Trump didn’t do anything wrong with Jeffrey Epstein.”
Vance also communicated his aversion to another tweet from Musk which suggested impeaching Trump and floated the idea of Vance as a successor, remarking, “This stuff is just not helpful.”
Wrapping up the dialogue, Vance stood by the president’s record, asserting: “It’s totally insane. The president is doing a good job.”
