Donald Trump has responded after Elon Musk mentioned a few of his current social media posts concerning the US president “went too far”.
The Tesla and SpaceX boss shared a sequence of posts on his X social media platform final week, together with one which described Mr Trump’s sweeping tax and spending invoice as a “disgusting abomination”.
He additionally claimed, in a since-deleted put up, that the president appeared in information regarding the disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
In response, the president is quoted as telling the New York Submit: “I thought it was very nice that he did that.”
The publication mentioned it spoke to Mr Trump in a quick cellphone dialog.
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Musk and Trump’s bust-up
The White Home dismissed Mr Musk’s Epstein claims on the time, 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 concentrated on passing this historic piece of laws and making our nation nice once more.”
Mr Musk didn’t specify which posts he regretted.
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Might the Musk-Trump fallout stall US area targets?
In one other put up final Thursday, Mr Musk attacked Mr Trump’s tariffs, saying they “will cause a recession in the second half of this year”.
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Trump and Musk’s feud defined
He mentioned the argument doubtless occurred due to “emotions welling out of hand”.
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Elon’s dad on the Musk-Trump bust-up
“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 additionally mentioned his son had texted him to say: “Don’t worry, we’re sorting it out.”
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The spat hit Tesla shares, which closed down 14.3% final Thursday, dropping about $150bn (£111bn) in worth.
They’ve since regained a lot of their worth in comparison with the start of the month.
