Elon Musk on Wednesday conceded that some of his recent, sharp criticism of Donald Trump “went too far,” in an apparent effort to mend ties with the president after their nasty public feud.
In a post on his social media platform X, formerly Twitter, Musk made his most overt offer yet to bury the hatchet.
“I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week,” Musk wrote. “They went too far.”
Musk didn’t clarify which posts he was referring to.
In response, Trump threatened to revoke the government contracts Musk’s companies have secured, prompting the billionaire to turn his attacks up a notch.
“Time to drop the really big bomb,” Musk wrote Thursday. “[Trump] is in the [Jeffrey] Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public.”
The White House had promised to release the full documents related to the disgraced financier’s case, but what was ultimately put out was largely already known.
Musk also at one point seemed to call for the president’s impeachment — another stunning development given his prominent role in Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.
Musk appears to have since deleted both posts.
Trump over the weekend told NBC’s Kristen Welker he has no interest in repairing their relationship.
But the president has appeared more open to rapprochement in the past couple of days.
Asked if he plans to speak to Musk, Trump told reporters on Monday: “I would imagine he wants to speak to me, I would think so.”
“If I were him I’d want to speak to me,” he added.
Even before Wednesday’s explicit acknowledgement of his regret for some of his criticism of Trump, Musk had signaled he was ready for a truce. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO seemed to applaud Trump’s response to the protests in Los Angeles, amplifying social media posts by the president and his allies about the immigration protests.
The billionaire donated nearly $300 million to Trump’s 2024 White House bid and served as a top surrogate on the campaign trail.