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| Elon Musk says he 'regrets' some posts he made about Donald Trump | Elon Musk says he 'regrets' some posts he made about Donald Trump |
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| Billionaire Elon Musk has said he regrets some of the posts he made about US President Donald Trump during their war of words on social media. | Billionaire Elon Musk has said he regrets some of the posts he made about US President Donald Trump during their war of words on social media. |
| "They went too far," he wrote on his social media platform X. | |
| The two were embroiled in a public fallout after the Tesla owner stepped back from his White House role and called Trump's tax bill a "disgusting abomination". | |
| His post comes after Trump said he was open to the possibility of reconciliation in an interview with the New York Post on Wednesday. The president said he was a "little disappointed" about the fallout, but there were "no hard feelings". | |
| "I think he feels very badly that he said that," Trump said of Musk's blistering social media barrage. | |
| The budget, which includes huge tax breaks and more defence spending, was passed by the House of Representatives last month and is now being considered by senators. | The budget, which includes huge tax breaks and more defence spending, was passed by the House of Representatives last month and is now being considered by senators. |
| Musk urged Americans to call their representatives in Washington to "kill the bill" as he believed it would "cause a recession in the second half of the year". | Musk urged Americans to call their representatives in Washington to "kill the bill" as he believed it would "cause a recession in the second half of the year". |
| The tech entrepeneur claimed, without evidence, that Trump appears in unreleased government files linked to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The White House rubbished those claims. | |
| In response, Trump said Musk had "lost his mind" and threatened to cancel his government contracts, which have an estimated value of $38bn (£28bn). A significant chunk of that goes to Musk's space technology company SpaceX. | |
| "I think it's a very bad thing, because he's very disrespectful. You could not disrespect the office of the president," Trump said in an interview with NBC on Sunday. | "I think it's a very bad thing, because he's very disrespectful. You could not disrespect the office of the president," Trump said in an interview with NBC on Sunday. |
| Musk appeared to have deleted many of his posts over the weekend, including one calling for Trump's impeachment. | |
| Musk was the largest donor for Trump's 2024 presidential campaign and had been considered the president's right-hand man. | Musk was the largest donor for Trump's 2024 presidential campaign and had been considered the president's right-hand man. |
| Former Trump aide Steve Bannon called for Musk, who was born in South Africa, to be deported. | Former Trump aide Steve Bannon called for Musk, who was born in South Africa, to be deported. |
| US Vice-President JD Vance said he hoped that "eventually Elon comes back into the fold" but that it might be difficult considering he went "nuclear". | |
| Most Republicans have called for the two men to reconcile, while Democrats have watched on as the feud unfolded. | |
| Their fallout came shortly after Musk left the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), after just 129 days in the job. | Their fallout came shortly after Musk left the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), after just 129 days in the job. |