Elon Musk phoned Donald Trump to try and fix their feud after 'regretting' his scathing posts about the President
The apparent end of the feud between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk came after the Tesla boss place a call to the politician.
The tech tycoon had been seeking to claw his way back into Trump's good side with a series of surprisingly positive social media posts about the President.
Trump, meanwhile, continued to wish him 'well' - apparently taking notice and easing his threats to try to shred the government contracts held by Musk's companies.
Now, it has been revealed that Musk phoned Trump late on Monday before he offered his public admission of regret, The New York Times reported.
The moment came after Musk spoke on Friday with Vice President JD Vance and White House Chief Of Staff Susie Wiles, according to the Times.
'I regret some of my posts about President Donald Trump last week. They went too far,' Musk posted on Wednesday.
Trump said on Saturday that he thought his relationship with Musk was effectively over, and at the weekend he warned of 'serious consequences' if the Tesla boss were to start financially supporting Democrats.
It came after Musk described Trump's tax bill as a 'disgusting abomination'.
By Monday afternoon, the day of the call, Trump was taking a softer tone. He told a New York Post podcaster he had 'no hard feelings '.
When asked if he could ever bury the hatchet, Trump said: 'I guess I could. He went after a bill that's phenomenal, it's the best thing we've ever signed in this country. And when he did that I was not a happy camper. So, it's too bad.'
Last month, Trump had presented Musk with a golden key to the White House, only to see their relationship blow up over a series of escalating attacks and threats.
During a podcast appearance with Theo Von that aired on Saturday, Vance hinted at a potential truce.
He said: 'Elon, he's an incredible entrepreneur. And look, man, I'm always going to be loyal to the president, and I hope that eventually Elon kind of comes back into the fold.'
On Wednesday afternoon, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt gave the first public reaction from Trump's side to Musk saying he went 'too far'.
She said: 'The president acknowledged the statement that Elon put out this morning, and he is appreciative of it, and we are continuing to focus on the business of the American people.'
She also didn't give any indication of a government-wide review of the multi-billion contracts for work Musk's companies do for the U.S. government.
'No efforts have been made on that front, as far as I'm aware,' Leavitt said.
The rapprochement comes just days after Trump stashed his red Model S Tesla out of public view, in a tangible display of how the relationship had deteriorated.
Hours after Trump introduced the idea that he may move his new car around 'a little bit,' the vehicle had vanished by Tuesday from the prime parking spot it had occupied on White House grounds since he purchased it.
A White House official, pressed for details, refused to provide additional information to DailyMail.com on its whereabouts, saying: 'We're not playing Where's Waldo. If you don't see it, you don't see it.'
Trump was coy when a reporter asked him about the car on Monday after he spent the preceding days warring with Musk by threatening his government contracts.
Musk had originally published and deleted a post saying the feds had additional information on Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein files and even suggested the President should be impeached.
Trump said Musk would face 'serious consequences' if he backed Democrats, although the Tesla boss later appeared to be using his X account to try to claw himself back into Trump's good graces.
Amid the threats and counter-threats, reporters wanted to know if Trump would keep the car and maintain the Starlink Internet service installed for the White House by Musk's DOGE aides, despite reported warnings by government security experts.
The Tesla remains a fixation, and there were media reports Trump was considering selling it amid the astonishing breach with his former first buddy.
'No, I haven't heard that. I mean, I may move the Tesla around a little bit, but I don't think we'll be doing that with Starlink. It's a good service,' Trump responded.
The car, which lists for about $80,000, has Florida tags, giving Trump more street parking options if he moves it back to Mar-a-Lago.
He also could store the car at his nearby golf club just across the Potomac River in Sterling, Virginia. Trump says he paid for it with a check.
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