Musk phones Trump and on X says he regrets his posts. White House: the president appreciated his statements
A post by the Tesla and Space X patron retracts last week's attacks on 'The Donald'. Political and personal
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Elon Musk called Donald Trump on Monday night and they had a brief conversation, a White House official told CNN. Musk later regretted on X that he had "gone too far" in his critical posts last week against US President Donald Trump. And regarding the post in which the billionaire expressed his regret, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said that "the president acknowledges Elon Musk's statements and appreciates them."
The disagreement had erupted after the owner of Tesla and Space X, who had left the Doge's, had severely attacked the new government spending bill promoted by the White House. The billionaire had called the proposed legislation 'a disgusting abomination' and called for 'political punishment' of Republican parliamentarians who had supported it. The measure is considered a pillar of the second Trump administration and aims to revive several strategic sectors of the American economy.
From that point onwards, there had been a veritable escalation in relations between the former head of Doge and 'The Donald', with the former explicitly referring to the US president's involvement in the Epstein sex scandal and the latter threatening a drastic cutback on orders to Musk's companies.
