‘Went Too Far’: Elon Musk Regrets His Social Media Posts Against Donald Trump
Elon Musk on Wednesday expressed regret over some of his social media posts against US President Donald Trump last week, and said his posts “went too far”.
“I regret some of my posts about President Donald Trump last week. They went too far,” Musk wrote on X.
A no-holds-barred and very public blow-up between the world’s richest man and the President of the United States has had social media agog in recent days, with each making serious accusations against the other.
Trump and Musk began exchanging insults last week, with the Tesla and SpaceX CEO describing the President’s sweeping tax and spending bill as a “disgusting abomination”.
While tech billionaire Musk appeared to have cooled the spat somewhat, deleting some of his more incendiary social media posts about Donald Trump, the President still appeared to be in no mood to make up, warning Musk of “very serious consequences” if he backs Democrats at the mid-term elections in 2026.
Musk bankrolled a large part of Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.
After endorsing Trump, Musk spent USD 288 million (AUD 444 million) supporting Trump’s election and appeared at campaign events around the country.
Trump named Musk to head an effort to downsize the federal workforce and slash spending.
Tensions erupted over Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ (OBBB, which proposes extensive tax cuts which could add roughly USD 3 trillion (AUD 4.62 trillion) to the US national debt.
After stepping down from his role as advisor to Trump, Musk criticised the OBBB as a “disgusting abomination” that would “burden America [sic] citizens with crushing unsustainable debt”.
Trump returned fire, suggesting “Elon was ‘wearing thin’, I asked him to leave […] and he just went CRAZY!”.
In a dramatic escalation, Musk responded by calling for Trump’s impeachment.
Musk also tweeted allegations that Trump was implicated in the Epstein files related to child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
He has since deleted those tweets.
In response to Musk’s statement, Trump shared several posts on Truth Social.
In one of the posts, he wrote, “I don’t mind Elon turning against me, but he should have done so months ago,” suggesting that Musk knew what was in the bill before it was passed.
He also threatened to terminate Elon Musk’s company’s contracts with the government.
In a post shared on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump stated, “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.”
