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Elon Musk says he ‘regrets’ some of his posts about Donald Trump
Elon Musk has said he “regrets” some of his posts about Donald Trump, saying they “went too far”.
Musk posted a series of tweets on X last week in a fiery exchange between the pair.
Among them, the Tesla and SpaceX chief executive described the US president’s sweeping tax and spending bill as a “disgusting abomination”.
Last Thursday, the billionaire also posted on X saying the president appeared in files relating to the disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
The post was deleted by Sunday, along with some others accusing the president of wrongdoing.
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Musk and Trump’s bust-up
The White House dismissed Musk’s Epstein claims at 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 focused on passing this historic piece of legislation and making our country great again.”
Musk did not specify which posts he regretted.
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In another post last Thursday, Musk attacked Mr Trump’s tariffs, saying they “will cause a recession in the second half of this year”.
In response, Mr Trump said Musk had “lost his mind” in an interview with interview with ABC News, threatened to cancel government contracts with Musk’s companies and said he had asked the billionaire to leave the White House.
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Trump and Musk’s feud explained
But yesterday, 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”.
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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 also said his son text him saying: “Don’t worry, we’re sorting it out.”
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The spat hit Tesla shares, which closed down 14.3% last Thursday, losing about $150bn (£111bn) in value.
They’ve since regained much of their value compared to the beginning of the month.