President Trump received a phone call from Elon Musk on Monday evening, which led to a public expression of regrets from the billionaire early on Wednesday before the attacks he had submitted against the president in their extraordinary public confrontation last week, according to three people who were informed on the call.
Mr. Musk’s outreach came to Mr. Trump after the tech entrepreneur spoke privately on Friday with vice -president JD Vance and the Chef of the White House, Susie Wiles, over a path to a truce between the two men, according to two of the people. People spoke about the condition of anonymity to describe private discussions.
The conversations paved the way for the strikingly killed tone that Mr. Musk asked in an x post, Wednesday, in which he written: “Last week I regret some of my messages about President @realdonaldtrump. They went too far.”
Representatives of Mr. Trump and Mr. Musk did not respond to requests for comments.
Mr. Musk had spent several days indicating that he wanted to make up for the president after the two men involved In a sharp series of personal attacks last Thursday that took place from the Oval Office and on social media.
What started as a criticism by the technical billionaire of the characteristic domestic bill from Mr Trump, has been transferred to an exchange of insults that did all day, because the president claimed that he did not need the help of Mr. Musk to be chosen and Mr. Trump trumped Mr Trump with the sexual delinquent.
The day after Mr. Musk with Mrs. Wiles and Mr. Vance spoke, he removed his postal posts on social media that suggest that the name of the president was in government files about Mr. Epstein.
It is still to be seen how Mr. Trump will deal with the attempted rapprochement and whether the relationship of the two men can be restored.
In the aftermath of their confrontation, Mr Trump told the advisers that he had no interest When talking to Mr. Musk and was done with him, a feeling that he repeated in interviews with reporters.
But behind the scenes, advisers from both camps worked to arrange a détente.
Both Mr. Musk as Mr. Trump have a lot at stake in the relationship, but it was Mr. Musk who seemed more enthusiastic to make up for it. Mr. Trump threatened To cancel billions of dollars in contracts, the rocket company of Mr. Musk, SpaceX, has with the federal government.
Mr. However, Musk is not without leverage. He is the largest donor in Republican politics and had promised to give an extra $ 100 million to Mr Trump’s external groups prior to the 2026 interim elections. He also has extensive knowledge of the inner dynamics of the administration, and Mr Trump wanted to have written a repeat of his first term and then former assistants.
Ryan Mac And Maggie Haberman contributed reporting.
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