President Trump and Elon Musk are slated to speak privately on Friday after White House aides scrambled to arrange a phone call in the wake of their rapidly escalating feud.
A White House official confirmed the two men would speak later Friday, without giving an exact time.
News of the call, first reported by Politico, came as Trump also tried to downplay his very public break-up with his once-close ally, Musk.
“Oh it’s okay,” Trump told the outlet when asked about the very public spat. “It’s going very well, never done better.”
“The numbers are through the roof, the highest polls I’ve ever had and I have to go,” he added as he touted his ratings.
The verbal punches had erupted after Trump criticized Musk in the Oval Office Thursday afternoon for earlier denouncing the administration’s sweeping “Big Beautiful Bill.”
Threats quickly flew over government contracts and ended with the world’s richest man suggesting Trump should be impeached.
Musk even accused the administration of withholding documents related to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein because the president would be mentioned.
“Time to drop the really big bomb: Trump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!” Musk posted on X.
The Tesla billionaire showed signs of backing down late Thursday after hedge fund manager Bill Ackman called for peace between the two men, saying the world would greatly benefit from their friendship.
“You’re not wrong,” Musk wrote in response to Ackman’s tweet.
With Post wires
