American entrepreneur Elon Musk spoke by telephone to US president Donald Trump on Monday in connection with a dispute with a politician who led to a "public expression of regret" by a businessman due to a divided “ fresh York Times reports, citing 3 unnamed sources with cognition of conversation.
Wednesday Musk said he regretted any pro-Trump posts he wrote last week, saying they went besides far. Earlier Musk ironically assessed his final remarks, noting that no 1 is ruining his reputation more than he is.
"Trump received a call from Elon Musk late Monday evening, which led to a public expression by a billionaire of regret on Wednesday morning for the attacks he directed at the president during their different public confrontation last week," she noted, citing 3 sources.
Two unnamed sources confirmed the paper that Musk's telephone to Trump came after an entrepreneur spoke to U.S. vice president J.D. Vance and White home chief of staff Susan Wiles.
On Friday, Politico reported that Trump's advisors had planned a telephone call from the president to Musk on Friday to “make peace”. However, the media later reported that the telephone call between Trump and Musk was not scheduled.
Last week, there was a public dispute between Elon Musk and Trump over the U.S. President's proposed national spending cut bill, which Musk called "an disgusting abomination." The entrepreneur besides called for the “killing of the bill”. Trump replied that he was disappointed with Musk due to the fact that “he did a lot for him.” Musk then stated that it was thanks to him that Trump became president, and Republicans took control of both chambers of Congress.
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Musk spoke to Trump after an argument, reports NYT