Musk regrets some posts he made about Trump, says ‘went too far’

The very public feud between US President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk appears to be headed towards an equally public reconciliation.

Musk on Wednesday regretted some of the posts he had made about Trump on social media. “I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far,” he wrote on ‘X’.

Musk’s post follows Trump’s interview to a newspaper, in which the US President said he was open to the possibility of reconciliation.

Trump said he was a “little disappointed” but there were “no hard feelings.” “I think he (Musk) feels very badly that he said that,” Trump was quoted as saying.

The Trump-Musk fallout and the attacks on each other on social media attacks were talk of the World.

It all started when after leaving the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), Musk began lobbying against Trump’s “big, beautiful” spending bill passed by the US House last month, calling it a “disgusting abomination”. Urging Americans to call their representatives in Washington to “kill the bill,” Musk said it would “cause a recession in the second half of the year.”

Musk also posted on ‘X’ a 1992 video showing Trump ‘partying’ with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Musk offered no proof but the post reignited public interest in the files, denting Trump’s image by suggesting his connection with hidden government files related to Epstein’s alleged crimes

The White House rubbished Musk’s claims. Trump said his former aide had “lost his mind” and threatened to cancel his government contracts. “I think it’s a very bad thing, because he is very disrespectful. You could not disrespect the office of the President,” Trump said 

Musk, in turn, accused Trump of “ingratitude”.

“Without me, Trump would have lost the election,” he claimed.

Apparently, efforts were being made to make peace between the two warring sides. Musk appeared to have also deleted many of his posts, including one calling for Trump’s impeachment.