Elon Musk 'regrets' some of his posts about Donald Trump, says they went 'too far'

Tesla CEO and former 'friend' of Donald Trump, Elon Musk, on Wednesday said that he 'regrets' a few posts he made on social media in relation to the US President.

A feud erupted between the two following Musk's exit from the White House. It all began when the US entrepreneur criticised Trump's 'The Big Beautiful Bill' and labelled it as 'The Big Ugly Bill.'

Musk's post comes days after Trump said his relationship with the SpaceX CEO was over.


"I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far," he said in his latest post on X.


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The Trump-Musk breakup

The Tesla CEO recently stepped down from his role at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and since then he launched a three-day social media offensive against the Trump-backed reconciliation bill recently passed by the House.

Last week, Elon Musk, who contributed nearly US$300 million to support President Donald Trump’s re-election, had accused his 'friend' of appearing in the still-unreleased Jeffrey Epstein investigation files, reigniting scrutiny over the long-shielded documents and intensifying a public fallout between two of the world’s most powerful men.

The tech billionaire, who once shared a close political and personal rapport with Trump, had posted the claim on X, the platform he owns. However, he deleted the post later on Sunday.

“Time to drop the really big bomb: Donald Trump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!” Musk had claimed in the now deleted post.

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In a follow-up post, he added: “Mark this post for the future. The truth will come out.”

Musk also agreed to another post which called for impeachment of the Republican leader.

As for Trump, he had said that he is 'disappointed' in Musk. “Elon and I had a great relationship. I don’t know if we will any more... He hasn’t said bad about me personally, but I’m sure that’ll be next,” he had said during a briefing in White House.

Musk's response was swift and severe. “Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51–49 in the Senate... Such ingratitude,” he wrote.

The exchange came just minutes after Trump threatened to revoke government contracts with Musk’s companies, including SpaceX. Musk fired back: “In light of the President’s statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately.”

Trump, on his platform Truth Social, accused Musk of “ingratitude” and proposed slashing billions in federal support to Musk-linked ventures, saying, “The easiest way to save money in our Budget… is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts.”

The dispute traces back to Musk’s criticism of Trump’s tax bill, which passed narrowly in the House. Musk had earlier labelled it “a disgusting abomination,” adding that it did not reflect the interests of average Americans. Trump responded at a press conference, “Elon’s upset because we took the EV mandate, which was a lot of money… I can understand why he’s upset.”

Musk countered: “False. This bill was never shown to me even once and was passed in the dead of night so fast that almost no one in Congress could even read it!”