Musk reportedly called Trump privately before issuing public apology originally appeared on TheStreet .
Elon Musk reportedly called President Donald Trump on the night of June 9 before issuing a public apology on X, as per the latest New York Times report .
Trump and Musk are among the most influential public figures in the crypto market who had a public fallout recently. Once the Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) boss quit the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) by the end of May, he has been bitter in his criticism of the president's "big, beautiful bill," owing to its potential debt problem.
Several prominent figures, such as crypto exchange Gemini's co-founder Tyler Winklevoss and Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), think Bitcoin is the solution to the already rising national debt of $36.9 trillion.
Former Twitter boss and Block, Inc. (NYSE:XYZ) founder Jack Dorsey recently nudged even Musk about his onetime love for Bitcoin as he went after Trump.
In fact, Musk went on to accuse the president of being named in the notorious Jeffrey Epstein files without providing any evidence. An X user was quick to ask, "If you knew this why did you willingly work with a pedophile?"
Although several members of the crypto community, including the graphic designer working at Musk's favorite Dogecoin meme coin project, supported the billionaire , Musk later deleted the controversial X posts. He even extended an olive branch to Trump :
I regret some of my posts about President Donald Trump last week. They went too far.
The NYT cited anonymous sources to report that Musk had earlier reached out on 6 June to Vice President JD Vance and the White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, to figure out how to resolve the public feud.
The ugly public feud rattled the crypto markets over the past few days. The crypto market cap rose 0.35% within 24 hours to $3.43 trillion at press time.
Musk reportedly called Trump privately before issuing public apology first appeared on TheStreet on Jun 11, 2025
This story was originally reported by TheStreet on Jun 11, 2025, where it first appeared.
