Donald Trump says Elon Musk 'doesn't like me much' as he addresses feud publicly for first time

WASHINGTON, DC: Donald Trump spoke about his feud with Elon Musk while signing legislation to overturn California's electric vehicle mandate on Thursday, June 12.

Addressing the feud publicly for the first time, he said, as per the Irish Star, “Now I know why Elon doesn't like me so much, which he does actually, and he never had a problem.”

Trump reveals strange moment he had with Musk while abolishing EV mandate

The Republican leader continued, “This is not something new. We were going to abolish the EV mandate, and Elon still endorsed me because he never ever spoke to me about that.”

“I used to say I'm amazed he's endorsing me because that can't be good for him, I've abolished the EV mandate. I once asked him about it, he said, so long as it's happening to everybody, I'll be able to compete,” Trump added, before asserting, "It was a very interesting answer. I thought it was an honest answer, to be honest with you."

The POTUS comment came after Musk regretted his ugly fight with him.

Elon Musk ‘regrets' fight with Trump

Taking to X, the Space X CEO wrote in the early hours of Wednesday, June 11, “I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far.”

The issue between the world’s richest man and Trump began after the former called out his “big, beautiful bill”.

“I'm sorry but I just can't stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it,” he had shared on X.

Elon Musk alleged Trump’s name is in Epstein files

Besides, he also claimed that without his help, Trump won’t have won the 2024 presidential election.

Musk had said that the 78-year-old “would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate.”

He even accused Trump of being in the list of names included in Jeffrey Epstein's files.

“Time to drop the really big bomb. @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!” Musk posted.

Trump thinks ‘it's nice’ that Elon Musk apologized

However, his changed tone on Wednesday changed everything, with a reputation management expert named Eric Schiffer, saying, “Musk's 3 am Mea culpa wasn't just humility, it was algorithmic damage control to flip Tesla's ticker from the red rally.”

The expert also noted that Musk’s public statement was the “cheapest brand repair kit in corporate history” without spending any penny in legal fees.

Meanwhile, Trump seemed happy with Musk’s latest move as he told reporters, “I thought it was very nice that he did that.”