President of the United States Donald Trump has acknowledged the regrets expressed by his ally, Elon Musk, over recent negative comments made about his person and administration.
The president was quoted as telling the New York Post: “I thought it was very nice that he did that.” The publication went further to suggest that Musk later spoke with Trump in a brief phone conversation.
Recall that Musk had posted series of tweets on his official X handle last week, accusing the president of appearing in files relating to Jeffrey Epstein.
The Tesla and SpaceX boss made series of posts on his X social media platform last week, including one which described Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill as a “disgusting abomination”.
He also claimed, in a deleted post, that the president appeared in files relating to the disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Posting on X this morning, Mr Musk said: “I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far.”
Musk however, did not specify which posts he regretted.
However, The White House has dismissed Musk’s Epstein claims, with press secretary Karoline Leavitt saying: “This is an unfortunate episode from Elon, who is unhappy with the One Big Beautiful Bill [a Republican tax and spending bill] because it does not include the policies he wanted.
“The president is focused on passing this historic piece of legislation and making our country great again.”
In another post last Thursday, Musk attacked Trump’s tariffs, saying they “will cause a recession in the second half of this year.”
But the president, in an interview with ABC News, said that Musk had “lost his mind”. He also threatened to cancel government contracts with the businessman’s companies and said he had asked the billionaire to leave the White House.
Throwing more light on the disagreement between the two business partners, Musk’s father, Errol Musk told Sky News’ Moscow correspondent, Ivor Bennett: “It’s like any argument. Everybody at some point says, “I’ll never make up, but then they do later.
He said the argument likely happened because of “emotions welling out of hand.
“They’ve had five months of intense day and night, hardly any sleep, and anybody who went through that would know your nerves are pretty much shredded after that time.”
He also said his son had texted him to say: “Don’t worry, we’re sorting it out.”
It was observed that the spat hit Tesla shares, which closed down 14.3% last Thursday, losing about $150bn (£111bn) in value.
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