- Elon Musk, after weeks of public criticism of President Donald Trump– including calling him to impeach each and condemn an important spending bill – suddenly backed off his attack, apologized for X and removed his most inflammatory post. This rare reversal appears to be potentially affected by Musk’s business interests and the potential impact of his long-term relationship with Trump.
Elon Musk’s fierce attack on President Donald Trump has ended.
In the past few weeks Tesla The CEO has moved from one of the Oval Office’s most determined supporters to one of its most voiced critics, not only urging voters to oppose Trump’s team’s main spending bill, but also claiming there is no evidence – no evidence – President Trump’s name is mentioned in the Epstein archive.
But in the hours early this morning, the Space X founder shrunk some of his comments and posted on X (who formerly called Twitter’s social media site): “I’m sorry for some of the posts about President Donald Trump last week. They went too far.”
I’m sorry for some posts about the president @RealDonaldTrump last week. They went too far.
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 11, 2025
For Musk, such a public apology is almost unheard of for a famous politician. Musk had previously told former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that it was “insignificant” and called on British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to go to jail, calling him “evil”. He also said that Jess Phillips, the deputy minister of the House Home Office, should be imprisoned and “thrown away”.
No such apology was issued to these politicians.
However, President Trump extracted 180 degrees from the wealthiest person on the planet, most likely due to a previously firm partnership that the duo and critics may suggest, as the White House could cause pain to Musk’s private interests.
The friendship between Musk and Trump began with a campaign, with billionaire entrepreneurs supporting the then-resident candidates, with tens of millions of dollars.
Musk also proposed the idea of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is said to receive $2 trillion from federal spending and was appointed as the leadership team when Trump received the Oval Office.
But, since then, things have gone downhill. Musk begins to openly argue with Peter NavarroTrump’s top adviser said he was a “real idiot.”
This is a response to Navarro, who claims that the American people know Musk (the richest man on earth) not “the automaker” but “car assembler.” Then, in April, Musk began ranks of “fake news” on Navarro, saying his statement to Tesla was “apparently wrong.”
At the time, the White House shrugged and press secretary Karoline Leavitt said: “Boys will be boys.”
But Musk’s public criticism of the Trump administration did not stop there: he also criticized Trump’s tariff plan (backed by Navarro) and The White House reportedly made recommendations on this strategy.
Talk to it “I want to feel hope for tariffs … at the end of the day…unanimously, Europe and the United States should, in my opinion, move to a zero tariff situation, effectively creating a free trade zone between Europe and North America.”
Intensified criticism
But since then, it was officially leaving Washington, DC as a special government employee, that things did go south.
Musk tagged Trump’s “big and beautiful Bill” last week As “hate”, Urge voters to protest the policy,Add online: “Call your senator, call your senator, bankrupt America won’t do it! Kill the bill.”
He continued: “(Bills) beat all the savings achieved by the @doge team with huge personal costs and risks.”
Tesla CEO then claimed that without him, Trump would not have been able to win last year’s election and demanded voters against the big and beautiful Bill.
Musk even called on Trump to impeach each and lure the Oval Office Cancel the contract with its private entity.
Trump did not remain silent on the matter, but was even more irritable.Despite warning Musk of federal contractThe president recently added that he may have to conduct a review, he “didn’t consider” the CEO of Tesla and hoped he would do well in the electric vehicle company.
“I have no intention of talking to (Musk),” Trump in aNBC News InterviewThis weekend. He added: “I think it’s a very bad thing because he’s very disrespectful. You can’t disrespect the president’s office.”
Some nervousness After an interview with Vice President JD Vance, it seems coolhe said: “I don’t want to reveal too much confidence.”Don’t think he needs to be in trouble with Elon MuskI actually think that if Elon lightens a little bit, everything will be fine. ”
Musk responded to the clip from this interview on X and replied “cool”.
Yesterday, before apologizing, Musk also Shared reaction to the White House’s reaction to the Los Angeles protests and deleted his posts about Trump and Epstein.
This story was originally fortune.com
