‘They went too far’: Elon Musk apologises for posts about Trump

 

Billionaire Elon Musk has apologised for his recent tirade against United States (US) President Donald Trump.

“I apologize for some of my posts last week about President Trump. They went too far,” He said in a post on his X account.

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The post comes a week after a public feud between the two made headlines across the globe.

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It all began when Elon Musk criticized a large government spending bill supported by Donald Trump. Musk called it a “big ugly spending bill” and said, “Shame on those who voted for it.” He also brought up Trump’s old tweets from 2012 and 2013, where Trump had criticized government debt. Musk shared those tweets on his X account and sarcastically wrote, “Wise words” and “I couldn’t agree more,” making it clear he thought Trump was being hypocritical.

The situation escalated when Musk claimed in a post that Donald Trump was in the Jeffrey Epstein files and said that was the reason the files had not been made public. He ended that post with a message directly to Trump, telling him to “have a nice day.” In another post, when someone called for Trump to be impeached, Musk simply replied, “Yes.”

These comments quickly gained attention, and Trump responded. During a public event, he said Musk had “gone crazy” and claimed he had asked Musk to leave. Trump also hinted at ending government contracts and subsidies for Musk’s companies, which could affect businesses like SpaceX and Tesla.

Musk did not stay silent. He replied on X, calling Trump ungrateful and said, “Without me, Trump would have lost the election.” At one point, Musk even mentioned that he might ground SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, which works closely with NASA, although he did not follow through with that threat.

As days passed, the tension seemed to cool. Musk quietly deleted some of his most controversial posts, including the one about Epstein and the one supporting impeachment. Then, about a week after the feud began, he posted an apology on X. He wrote, “I apologize for some of my posts last week about President Trump. They went too far.”