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US President Donald Trump "acknowledged" Musk's apology, says White House Press Secy

White House confirms President Trump accepted Elon Musk's apology. This follows Musk's regret expressed on X regarding his posts about Trump. Earlier, Vice President Vance and Chief of Staff Wiles spoke with Musk. Republican lawmakers urged Musk to reconcile with Trump. They also sought his support for Trump's domestic policy bill. Allies tried to de-escalate the feud through outreach. Musk called Trump on Monday night, as per CNN, before saying early on Wednesday that he regrets some of his social media posts about the President during their very public blow-up last week. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Washington DC: White House Press Secretary , Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday (local time) said that US President Donald Trump acknowledged Tesla CEO Elon Musk's apology for his in her media briefing, said that after the incident, the government has started to focus on the business of the American people."The President acknowledged the statement that Elon put out this morning and he is appreciative of it and we are continuing to focus on the business of the American people," she asked if the administration started a review of Musk's government contract- something that the President said he's considering, Leavitt said nothing like that has started as of now."Currently have no efforts have been made on that front as far as I'm aware," she Wednesday, Musk said in a post on X, "I regret some of my posts about President Donald Trump last week. They went too far."Musk called Trump on Monday night, as per CNN, before saying early on Wednesday that he regrets some of his social media posts about the President during their very public blow-up last call with the President, which lasted just moments, came after Vice President JD Vance and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles spoke by phone with Musk on Friday, when which the three discussed the feud between Trump and the tech billionaire, two sources familiar with the discussion told lawmakers and high-profile Trump allies have spent the last week quietly reaching out to Musk, urging him to not only reconcile with the President but also support his domestic policy Musk's time as Trump's "first buddy," many of the President's closest advisers formed their own relationships with the tech billionaire, which they leaned on after the messy public break-up between the two men to try and bring Musk back text messages and phone calls with Musk, these Trump allies have sought to de-escalate the feud and explain the necessity for what Trump calls his "Big Beautiful Bill," which faces hurdles in the Senate. Sources familiar with these interactions said Musk was receptive to outreach but still pushed back on there not being enough spending cuts in the legislation, CNN reported.