They Went Too Far: Musk Says That He Regrets Some Of His Posts About Trump

Elon Musk has expressed contrition for some of his tweets about Donald Trump last week, in an apparent effort to retreat from an explosive falling out that has threatened to damage the Tesla boss's business interests.

- Jasper Jolly

Musk was by far the biggest donor to Trump's presidential campaign, but tensions between the two erupted into public view last week and rapidly escalated, as the world's richest man called for the president's impeachment and linked him to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a series of posts.

Yesterday, Musk posted on X, the social network he owns: "I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far."

Asked about the apparent apology, the president told the New York Post: "I thought it was very nice that he did that." The comments came after the paper published a previously recorded interview, in which Trump had said "I guess I could" reconcile with Musk.

The president said he "was not a happy camper" when the Tesla chief executive launched last week's tirade but claimed he had "no hard feelings for it", adding: "I think he feels very badly, that he said that."