President Trump reportedly 'won't forget' Elon Musk going 'nuclear' even as entrepreneur apologises

Elon Musk may have gone back on his icy comments against Donald Trump, but there is no undoing the damage to their bond.

Sources have informed People Magazine that despite Elon Musk's public apology and taking down of all his sour tweets against the president, the two are now completely avoiding each other:

“It sort of evolved from love to transactional to now pure avoidance,” a political source told the outlet. “And Trump doesn’t forget," the source added. "He may say something acceptable for public consumption, but after what Elon wrote on social media, and despite his apology, Trump’s relationship with Musk will never again be the same.”

Elon Musk and Donald Trump's bond explored as the president says he's not sure if they will ever be friends again

In another article from People Magazine, a source claimed that Elon Musk had been living at a Mar-a-Lago guest house from the Republican National Convention last year up until the presidential election in the fall. However, since the presidential inauguration this January, he was only spotted spending time with his ally at the Palm Beach estate five or six times:

“It was a blast seeing Donald and Elon kicking it up at Mar-a-Lago for a while,” the source reportedly said. “But seeing them at those holiday and high season parties seemed to have thinned out. We didn’t see them together much in the last couple of months.”

In a tweet on Wednesday, the Tesla <TSLA.O> and SpaceX CEO acknowledged that he had taken his attacks against the president "too far." He was referencing the open threats to launch a rival political party, his suggestions that Trump should be impeached, and his claims that the latter buried the Jeffrey Epstein files to circumvent incriminating himself:

"I regret some of my posts about President Donald Trump last week. They went too far," he apologised, without mentioning which tweet in particular he was talking about.

While most of his criticisms have since been taken down, he has yet to delete the one that critiques Trump's tax bill. At the time, he called the sweeping tax and spending bill a "disgusting abomination" and too expensive.

He has also stepped down from his role as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, which aimed to curb excessive government spending. His final Oval Office press conference alongside the president came on May 30. At the time, the latter expressed hope to the reporters that Musk would continue his involvement with the administration in whatever way possible.

By June 5, following Elon Musk's explosive tirades online, Trump said that he was "very disappointed":

"Elon and I had a great relationship," he said. "I don't know if we will anymore."

In response to Elon Musk's apology, Trump told the New York Times that it was "very nice," though he alluded to their relationship being soured beyond repair on June 12. At the time, he was signing a congressional resolution to undo California's electric vehicle mandate.

When probed about Musk and his role as the CEO of Tesla, he said he was surprised to learn there wasn't a bigger fuss coming from his end:

"I used to say, 'I'm amazed that he's endorsing me because that can't be good for him,' " the president recounted. "He said, 'Well, as long as it's happening to everybody, I'll be able to compete.'... It was a very interesting answer."

He added, "Elon doesn't like me," before laughing it off and recanting his statement:

"He got a little bit strange, but I don't know why," he said, "over much smaller things than that."

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