Did JD Vance convince Elon Musk to make peace with Trump? Tesla CEO called president before apology

Before he took to his social media platform to express “regret” over “some” of the tweets he made attacking President Donald Trump, Elon Musk called the president in an attempt to smooth things over, according to a report.

The call with Trump came after Vice President JD Vance and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles spoke to Musk late last week to ask the Tesla CEO to end the feud, ABC News reported, citing “sources familiar with the call.”

In an early morning tweet Wednesday, Musk said he had “regret” over “some” of his posts about Trump that were made last week.

“I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week,” Musk posted. “They went too far.”

He issued the apology at 2:04 a.m. CST.

The world’s richest person and Tesla CEO did not specify which posts crossed the line.

The fight began when Musk, who opposes Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” posted that the legislation was an “abomination.”

The feud escalated from there, with Musk saying Trump only won the 2024 election because he donated nearly $300 million to help elect Trump.

He then claimed Trump has not released the Epstein Files because the president is in them — a post that was later removed.

Meanwhile, Trump threatened to sever lucrative government contracts with Musk’s companies.

The president claimed that Musk didn’t depart Washington as a special government employee with the Department of Government Efficiency because his time with that designation was up.

“Elon was ‘wearing thin,’ I asked him to leave,” Trump posted on his Truth Social account.

The president also posted Musk wasn’t upset with the “One Big Beautiful Bill” because it raises the deficit but instead because it withdraws valuable electric vehicle tax credits.

“I took away his EV Mandate that forced everyone to buy Electric Cars that nobody else wanted (that he knew for months I was going to do!), and he just went CRAZY!” Trump posted.