Trump and Musk stop posting
The gist
Trump said he would not hesitate to issue preemptive pardons for Elon Musk and other allies.
The pair's June 2025 blowup ended Musk's White House influence and hit Tesla.
How it unfolded
- Jun 5, 2025Trump posted on Truth Social that Musk was "wearing thin," that he asked him to leave and took away his EV Mandate, saying Musk "just went CRAZY." Musk shot back on X that without him Trump would have lost the election.
- Jun 11, 2025Musk posted that he regretted some of his posts about Trump, saying they "went too far," and appeared to have deleted some, including one accusing Trump of being in Jeffrey Epstein's "files."
- Oct 8, 2026Trump presented the National Medal of Science to Musk in Washington, DC.