President Donald Trump and former ally Elon Musk appear ready to mend fences after Musk’s offensive against the president’s “big beautiful bill” spilled over into a blowout battle between the two men on social media.
Trump said he had “no hard feelings” for his onetime pal in an interview with The New York Post’s “Pod Force One” that published Wednesday, signaling the potential start of a truce between the two feuding billionaires and social media network owners.
“Look, I have no hard feelings. I was really surprised that that happened. He went after a bill that’s phenomenal, that’s the best thing we’ve ever signed in this country,” Trump said, adding that he was “not a happy camper” at the time.
But patching things up with his erstwhile adviser doesn’t rank among Trump’s top priorities.
“I guess I could, but we have to straighten out the country,” Trump said when asked if he and Musk could repair their relationship. “And my sole function now is getting this country back to a level higher than it’s ever been. And I think we can do that.”
Trump just last week threatened to cut off billions in federal contracts from Musk’s companies, as the online fight between the two men took a turn for the worse.
Still, Trump in the interview — which was recorded Monday — said he believed Musk felt “very badly” for his attacks, adding that he “hadn’t thought too much about” his former ally “in the last little while.”
Hours before the interview went live, Musk posted an overnight confession of regret for his treatment of the president.
Just hours before Wednesday’s episode aired, Musk penned a post on X, admitting he “went too far” in criticizing the president during their fight last week, which included Musk accusing his former boss of being named in the Epstein files in a since-deleted post, claiming credit for Republicans’ trifecta win in November and attacking Trump’s prized “big beautiful bill” as a “disgusting abomination.”
“I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far,” the billionaire wrote in a post early Wednesday morning.
Trump had previously projected an air of calm in the wake of his social media scrap with Musk as White House officials and allies sought to deescalate the situation, which they worried was drawing attention away from administration priorities.
“Oh it’s okay,” Trump told POLITICO in an interview last week about his spat with Musk. “It’s going very well, never done better.”
