Donald Trump and Elon Musk – once the darling duo of the Make America Great Again movement – shared a front row at Charlie Kirk’s memorial on Sunday.
Let’s just say it was not exactly a bromance revival.
After their relationship imploded in public view on X and TruthSocial, with the Tesla CEO reuniting conspiracy theories about the US president’s links to Jeffrey Epstein – the final nail in the coffin – the pair have not been seen together since June.
Cameras captured the their brief handshake and nods at Saturday’s service in Glendale, Arizona, where more than 60,000 people gathered to pay their respects to the far-right activist, who was assassinated on September 10.
Footage of the two was shared by the official White House account on X, which Musk owns.
Now, lip reader Nicola Hickling has revealed exactly what Trump and Musk said to each other.
She told the Daily Mail that the president turned to Musk to greet him and asked, ‘how are you doing’.
The businessman then appeared to shrug as Trump said: ‘So Elon, I have heard you wanted to chat.’
He then suggested, ‘Let’s try and work out how to get back on track.’
Musk responds by nodding his head. The president then hugs his hand and says: ‘I’ve missed you’.
Their conversation lasted only a few moments before Trump appeared to motion him away, and took to the stage to address the crowd.
On X afterward, Musk posted a picture of the two talking , with the caption ‘For Charlie.’
Meanwhile, the White House celebrated their reunion, captioning the post with a love-heart and handshake emoji.
Now, there is much speculation that the former allies may start working together again.
Musk donated more than $270 million to Trump’s presidential campaign, barnstorming key battleground states for the Republican.
After the election, he oversaw the launch of DOGE, a controversial initiative that eliminated thousands of government jobs deemed by the agency to be part of a pattern of waste, fraud and abuse.
But after 130 days as a ‘special government employee’ in the Oval Office, he was let go by the president, igniting their feud.
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