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Elon Musk just hit the brakes on his Trump feud, saying he regrets his online attacks and suddenly, he's re-following allies, deleting dirt, and backing the former president's stance on LA riots. Is a Musk–Trump reunion brewing, or just the calm before the next tweetstorm?
Elon Musk, Donald Trump engaged in public rant after the Tesla CEO resigned from DOGE
New Delhi,UPDATED: Jun 11, 2025 14:02 IST
Months of bromance, a surprise resignation, social media rant, public fiery fallout and regret: Elon Musk's relationship with Donald Trump has been nothing short of a Bollywood drama. The duo once appeared inseparable, sharing stages at public events, Oval Office meetings, and joint press conferences. Then came Musk’s shock resignation, and with it, an all-out public fallout. What followed was a no-holds-bar attack from both sides, with people and even Musk's father hoping that the frenemies would soon be back together.
"I regret some of my posts on Donald Trump," said Musk in a humble post on Wednesday after a week of public rants against 'One Big Beautiful Bill'. Though unanticipated, Musk’s walk-back didn’t come out of nowhere. In recent days, he’s been aligning with the Trump administration’s stance on the violent protests in Los Angeles, publicly supporting the crackdown while dialling back his earlier attacks.
"This is not ok," Musk wrote on X just days after calling for Trump’s impeachment and denouncing his signature legislation as a “disgusting abomination.”
MUSK DROPPED HINTS
Before today's post, Musk softened his stance on Trump, deleted harsh criticisms, reshared US President's posts and re-followed key allies. He reshared posts from Vance, who declared that the “president will not tolerate rioting and violence,” and included American flag emojis in his repost.
Musk also went on a spree to delete his previous posts critical of Trump. In a now-deleted X post, Musk wrote: “Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!”
Musk also deleted a post promising to apologise only “as soon as there is a full dump of the Epstein files.” In another post, Trump had expressed support for Trump’s impeachment. When a user suggested to replace him with Vance, Musk replied “Yes.”
These posts disappeared gradually, some overnight with the links to these post now showing a message that says, "Nothing to see here."
Apart from deleting these posts, he re-followed Stephen Miller, Trump's deputy chief of staff, after unfollowing him during their feud last Thursday.
TRUMP NOT INTERESTED?
On Friday, he told ABC News' Jonathan Karl that he was "not particularly" interested in talking with Musk.
"You mean the man who has lost his mind?" he asked.
Later Friday evening, Trump told reporters, "I'm not thinking about Elon Musk. I just wish him well."
Earlier, Trump warned Musk of "very serious consequences" if the tech billionaire follows through on funding primary challengers against sitting Republican lawmakers.
"He'll have to pay very serious consequences if he does that," Trump said while speaking to NBC News, adding that he has no intentions of reconciliation with the SpaceX CEO.
Published By:
Priya Pareek
Published On:
Jun 11, 2025
