WASHINGTON ― Elon Musk reached out and talked privately to President Donald Trump by phone before the billionaire entrepreneur and former White House adviser expressed regret publicly for his harsh personal attacks on the president.
Reuters confirmed the June 10 evening phone call, citing a White House source with knowledge of the matter, after The New York Times first reported the exchange. It marked the first time the Tesla and SpaceX CEO and Trump have spoken since their alliance shattered during an epic feud last week.
Hours after talking to Trump, Musk apologized for inflammatory social media posts he directed at Trump when the two men went back and forth last week in their combative war of words.
"I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far," Musk said in a 3:04 a.m., June 11 post on X, without specifying which posts he was sorry about.
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