Donald Trump and Elon Musk to make peace after bitter clash? Feud may be over as early as today

Economic Times

2 days ago

White House aides are reportedly mediating a truce between Elon Musk and the US President following a public feud sparked by Musk's criticism of the President's spending bill. The President retaliated with social media attacks and threats to revoke government contracts.
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In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately pic.twitter.com/NG9sijjkgW undefined Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2025
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the US president's bitter clash might come to an end as White House aides have tried to convince the president to temper his public criticism of Musk to avoid escalation and have also scheduled a call on Friday with the tech billionaire to broker a peace talk , as per a Politico report.While both of them shared a close bond until some days ago, they have now started speaking against each other publicly. Musk was heading DOGE and was an adviser to the US president until recently, and things took a sharp turn when Trump started pushing his "big, beautiful bill". As Musk has constantly criticised the bill, calling it "The Big Ugly Bill" and said that it "will INCREASE the deficit to $2.5 trillion!", as per Musk's social media platform X post.Musk had also written in a recent X post that, "This spending bill contains the largest increase in the debt ceiling in US history!," adding "It is the Debt Slavery Bill," as per Musk's X post.While, the US president has responded to the Tesla CEO's criticisms on his social media site Truth Social, he said, "I don't mind Elon turning against me, but he should have done so months ago. This is one of the Greatest Bills ever presented to Congress. It's a Record Cut in Expenses, $1.6 Trillion Dollars, and the Biggest Tax Cut ever given. If this Bill doesn't pass, there will be a 68% Tax Increase, and things far worse than that. I didn't create this mess, I'm just here to FIX IT. This puts our Country on a Path of Greatness. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!", as per Trump's Truth Social post.In another Truth Social post, Trump went on to say, "Elon was 'wearing thin,' I asked him to leave, I took away his EV Mandate that forced everyone to buy Electric Cars that nobody else wanted (that he knew for months I was going to do!), and he just went CRAZY!"The US president also threatened Musk, by saying, "The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon's Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn't do it!" as per his Truth Social post.However, Musk immediately responded to Trump on X, saying, "In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately," as per Musk's X post.But Musk has signalled that he is interested in working things between him and the US president as he responded to an X user's suggestion, which said, 'This is a shame this back and forth. You are both better than this. Cool off and take a step back for a couple days,' quoted Bloomberg. Musk replied saying, 'Good advice,' adding, 'Ok, we won't decommission Dragon.'While, in another response to billionaire Bill Ackman, an ally of both Trump and Musk who said they should 'make peace for the benefit of our great country,' Musk replied saying, 'You're not wrong,' reported Bloomberg.They disagree about a big government spending bill , Musk thinks it's bad for the country, while Trump believes it's a great plan.He defended the bill, criticized Musk publicly, and threatened to cancel government contracts Musk's companies rely on.