Musk: I apologise for some of my Trump posts
Elon Musk has apologised to Donald Trump for posting incendiary comments on social media during their public row.
The tech billionaire, who worked with Mr Trump for 130 days as a special government employee, said on X that the US president should be impeached and claimed he was mentioned in the Epstein files.
'I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far.' Mr Musk has said.
Mr Trump said that Mr Musk had 'lost his mind' during the meltdown, which started with a disagreement over the government's 'big beautiful' spending bill.
Since stepping down as the head of the US Department of Government Efficiency, Mr Musk has criticised Mr Trump's tax and spending bill, describing it as a 'disgusting abomination' that will increase national debt.
In an interview with NBC News on Saturday, Mr Trump said he had 'no desire' to speak to Mr Musk and accused him of being 'disrespectful to the office of the President'.
Asked if his relationship with the tech boss was over, he replied: 'I would assume so.'
It came after JD Vance, the US vice president, said Mr Musk had made a 'huge mistake' in picking a fight with Mr Trump.
Mr Vance said he hoped Mr Musk would 'come back into the fold', but acknowledged that might be difficult after he went 'nuclear' during the public spat with the president.
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