{"id":13003,"date":"2025-06-11T21:55:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T18:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=13003"},"modified":"2025-06-11T21:55:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T18:55:56","slug":"trump-says-he-could-forgive-musk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=13003","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he could forgive Musk"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US president had a public feud with the Tesla CEO that devolved to personal insults<\/strong><\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump says he could forgive Elon Musk after a public falling-out that saw the Tesla CEO lash out over one of the administration\u2019s flagship policy initiatives.<\/p>\n

The dispute between the two men, who were once close allies, turned ugly last week over what Trump called his \u201cBig Beautiful\u201d<\/em> tax and spending bill. Musk, who recently stepped down as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), repeatedly criticized the bill, arguing it undermined his efforts to cut waste from the federal budget.<\/p>\n

Musk accused Trump of \u201cingratitude,\u201d<\/em> while backing calls for his impeachment and threatening to hamstring the US space program by grounding the Dragon spacecraft. Trump fired back, saying Musk had \u201cgone crazy,\u201d<\/em> blaming the spat on the end of the \u2018EV mandate\u2019 \u2013 a reference to federal incentives that had benefited Tesla. Musk responded with a now-deleted post that linked Trump to deceased convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n

In an interview published by The New York Post on Wednesday, Trump said \u201cI have no hard feelings. But I was really surprised that that happened.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

He called the bill \u201cphenomenal\u201d<\/em> and said he was disappointed by Musk\u2019s response. \u201cWhen he did that, I was not a happy camper.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Asked if he could forgive Musk, Trump replied: \u201cI guess I could,\u201d<\/em> adding that he was now focused on how to \u201cstraighten out the country.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Hours before the interview aired, Musk appeared to say he was sorry about attacking the president. He wrote on X that he regrets \u201csome of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump<\/a>\u00a0last week,\u201d<\/em> adding that \u201cThey went too far.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Musk did not clarify which of his posts he was referring to. Media reports have suggested that his associates and the White House are engaged in backchannel communications aimed at easing tensions.<\/p>\n

Asked about the apology in a follow-up call with the Post on Wednesday morning, Trump said: \u201cI thought it was very nice that he (Musk) did that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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