{"id":119627,"date":"2025-06-12T05:38:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T04:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=119627"},"modified":"2025-06-12T05:38:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T04:38:44","slug":"trump-nods-as-musk-admits-regrets-over-negative-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/trump-nods-as-musk-admits-regrets-over-negative-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump nods as Musk admits regrets over negative comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Myke Agunwa<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President of the United States Donald Trump has acknowledged the regrets expressed by his ally, Elon Musk, over recent negative comments made about his person and administration.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The president was quoted as telling the New York Post: &#8220;I thought it was very nice that he did that.&#8221; The publication went further to suggest that Musk later spoke with Trump in a brief phone conversation.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recall that Musk had posted series of tweets on his official X handle last week, accusing the president of appearing in files relating to Jeffrey Epstein.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Tesla and SpaceX boss made series of posts on his X social media platform last week, including one which described Trump&#8217;s sweeping tax and spending bill as a &#8220;disgusting abomination&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also claimed, in a deleted post, that the president appeared in files relating to the disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Posting on X this morning, Mr Musk said: &#8220;I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Musk however, did not specify which posts he regretted.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, The White House has dismissed Musk&#8217;s Epstein claims, with press secretary Karoline Leavitt saying: &#8220;This is an unfortunate episode from Elon, who is unhappy with the One Big Beautiful Bill [a Republican tax and spending bill] because it does not include the policies he wanted.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The president is focused on passing this historic piece of legislation and making our country great again.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In another post last Thursday, Musk attacked Trump&#8217;s tariffs, saying they &#8220;will cause a recession in the second half of this year.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the president, in an interview with ABC News, said that Musk had &#8220;lost his mind&#8221;. He also threatened to cancel government contracts with the businessman&#8217;s companies and said he had asked the billionaire to leave the White House.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Throwing more light on the disagreement between the two business partners, Musk&#8217;s father, Errol Musk told Sky News&#8217; Moscow correspondent, Ivor Bennett: &#8220;It&#8217;s like any argument. 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