Musk regrets some of his Trump criticisms, says they ‘went too far'
WASHINGTON: Elon Musk, the world's richest person and Donald Trump's former adviser, said Wednesday he regretted some of his recent criticisms of the US president, after the pair's public falling-out last week.
'I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far,' Musk wrote on his social media platform X.
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