President Donald Trump has dubbed his former pal Elon Musk as a man who ‘lost his mind’ and is refusing to speak with him.
Trump on Friday morning reportedly seemed rather uninterested in the fiery verbal feud with Musk that blew up just hours earlier.
Asked if he had a call with Musk set for later in the day, Trump just before 7am said: ‘You mean the man who has lost his mind?’
Trump told ABC News that he was ‘not particularly’ keen on speaking at the moment with Musk, who used his X (formerly Twitter) platform to engage in a real time war of words on Thursday.
The president said that Musk wants to speak with him, but said he is not ready to do so.
A Trump adviser who was with him on Thursday night said that he appeared more ‘bummed’ about the breakup with Musk that angry, according to the news outlet.
The feud exploded when the president suggested in a press conference that Musk has ‘Trump derangement syndrome’ and claimed that the Tesla CEO opposes his ‘One, Big, Beautiful Bill’ because it cuts consumer tax credits for electric vehicles.
Trump and his former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief sparred for hours and the feud escalated to an unbelievable level. By Friday, it had quieted down considerably.
While Trump’s opponents rejoiced in the seeming end to the bromance, many of his supporters hoped that they would reconcile, sooner rather than later.
Musk’s father, Errol Musk, said he urged his son to put an end to the fight.
‘I haven’t spoken to him, but I did send him a message, you know, telling him to make sure this fizzles out,’ he told Al Arabiya English from Delhi Airport.
‘Trump, of course, will prevail, because he is has been voted in by the majority of the people in America.’
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