Wednesday, June 11, 2025 - 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.
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