Tech mogul Elon Musk signaled Monday that his white-hot public feud with President Trump may be starting to cool off.
“We had a great relationship and I wish him well — very well, actually,” Trump told reporters at the White House Monday in a clip reposted by X influencer ALX.
Musk responded by posting a heart emoji, signaling that the former “First Buddy” may no longer have hard feelings after his explosive falling-out with the president last week.
Tensions between the two men had slowly started to seep into the public eye before exploding last week. In late May, Musk taped an interview with “CBS Sunday Morning” in which he could barely mask his disdain for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which is projected to increase the federal deficit by around $3 trillion.
Beginning on Tuesday of last week, Musk took it a step further, chastising the bill as an “outrageous, pork-filled” measure and a “disgusting abomination,” urging Republicans to “kill the bill.”
Then, on June 5, Musk went nuclear, taking credit for the president’s electoral victory last year and even accusing the White House of concealing the Jeffrey Epstein files to protect Trump — X posts he later deleted.
During the course of his outbursts, Musk also railed against Trump’s decision to yank the nomination of Jared Isaacman, a close ally of the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, to become the head of NASA.
Trump, 78, blasted Musk in response, saying he went “crazy,” “lost his mind” and mused about cutting off government contracts to the tech mogul’s companies. This led to Musk threatening to decommission the Dragon spacecraft, the government’s primary means of sending humans into orbit.
Musk, 53, later backpedaled on that threat.
While Trump has indicated he won’t rush to mend fences with Musk, the mogul has expressed admiration for the commander-in-chef.
At one point, Musk posted a screengrab of a Truth Social post in which Trump lashed out at California Democrats over the riots in Los Angeles.
“Governor Gavin Newscum [sic] and ‘Mayor’ [Karen] Bass should apologize to the people of Los Angeles for the absolutely horrible job that they’ve done, and this now includes the ongoing L.A. riots,” Trump wrote in the post that Musk shared.
In another re-post, Musk amplified a message from Vice President JD Vance vowing a crackdown by DC.
“This moment calls for decisive leadership,” Vance declared. “The president will not tolerate rioting and violence.”
