Elon Musk says he regrets some of his social media posts about President Donald Trump
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has admitted that he regrets some of the social media posts he made about U.S. President Donald Trump last week during an explosive public dispute with his former close ally.
“I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far,” Musk wrote on his social media platform X.
Musk’s post came just days after Mr. Trump threatened the tech billionaire with “serious consequences” if he sought to punish Republicans who vote for a controversial spending bill.
Musk’s Tesla saw its biggest-ever hit to its market cap in the aftermath of the feud, but shares have since been recouping losses.
The feud was sparked by Musk’s opposition to the Trump-backed “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” tax and spending bill.
The feud escalated when Musk published a series of incendiary posts linking Trump to the former financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died by suicide in custody in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
“Time to drop the really big bomb: (Trump) is in the Epstein files,” Musk wrote, referring to unreleased government documents related to Epstein’s network of associates. He claimed that these documents were being deliberately suppressed, suggesting that they might contain damaging information about the president.
In a follow-up post, he urged users to “mark this post for the future,” adding, “The truth will come out.”
By Saturday morning, both posts had been deleted without explanation.
Trump, speaking to NBC, dismissed the allegations as “old news.” “Even Epstein’s lawyer said I had nothing to do with it,” he said.
He also warned Musk of “very serious consequences” should the billionaire follow through on funding primary challengers against sitting Republican lawmakers.
“He’ll have to pay very serious consequences if he does that,” Trump said, while declining to specify what those consequences might entail. He also made clear that reconciliation was not on the table. “I have no intention of speaking to him,” Trump said.
