Trump and Musk urged to ‘kiss and make up'
Sky News host Rita Panahi says the American right needs Donald Trump and Elon Musk to 'kiss and make up'.
This comes after Mr Musk expressed his regret on X – formerly known as Twitter – at some of his previous posts about the US President, saying they 'went too far'.
'The fact that Elon has to capacity to have a meltdown like this publicly on X,' Ms Panahi said.
'It's going to take a lot for that trust to be restored.'
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