Musk backed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016 and former President Joe Biden in 2020, but did work with Trump at times during his first term. He said in 2017 that simply attacking Trump would "achieve nothing," calling for "open channels of communication" with the president.

The messy blow-up between the president of the United States and the world’s richest man played out on their respective social media platforms after Trump was asked during a White House meeting

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump on Thursday broke his silence on Elon Musk following the former White House adviser’s harsh criticism of Trump’s signature legislation on Capitol Hill. In remarks at the White House,