Musk, Trump signal signs of truce, call scheduled to broker 'peace': Report

Billionaire and Tesla owner Elon Musk with US President Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk have signalled signs of cooling off soon after a public spat between the two of the world’s most powerful men over the former’s tax bill.

In a significant development, top officials in the White House have convinced Trump to “temper down” his public criticism of Musk on social media, a report by Politico said.

Moreover, a move that could help end the feud, Trump’s aides have scheduled a call with Musk on Friday to work out peace deal between the two allies.

Earlier in the day, Musk called for Trump’s impeachment and insinuated he was withholding the release of files related to disgraced New York financier Jeffrey Epstein because of his own presence in them.

Trump, in turn, proposed cutting off the billionaire’s government contracts, following his onetime adviser’s repeated exhortations for Republicans to vote against the president’s signature tax legislation because it would increase the deficit.

However, hours after saying he would end use of Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s Dragon spacecraft, Musk reversed course and signaled there could be a cooling-off period between Trump and the world’s richest man.

“This is a shame this back and forth. You are both better than this. Cool off and take a step back for a couple days,” an X user who had just 200 followers on the platform wrote in reply to Musk’s post about Dragon.

“Good advice,” Musk responded. “Ok, we won’t decommission Dragon.”

In a separate reply to billionaire Bill Ackman, an ally of both Trump and Musk who said they should “make peace for the benefit of our great country,” Musk responded: “You’re not wrong.”