Yesterday, President Trump seemed to offer an olive branch to his former “first buddy,” Elon Musk, amidst their ongoing spat. In a post made to Truth Social, Trump claimed that he didn’t wish any harm on Elon or his businesses.

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he won't touch the federal subsidies Elon Musk's companies are enjoying because he wants Musk to continue to prosper. Musk, however, begs to differ. "The 'subsidies' he's talking about simply do not exist," Musk wrote in an X post on the same day.

Tesla reportedly fired Omead Afshar, its head of North American and European operations, in June following a massive drop in European EV deliveries. Afshar, who joined Tesla in 2017, was just promoted to the position in November. The Wall Street Journal described Afshar as one of Musk's closest confidants at the company.

"Musk is CEO -- the buck stops with him. As a CEO in a competitive environment, he's the one who has to have the vision and lead the troops," David Meier, a senior investment analyst at The Motley Fool, told ABC News. "But there's a lot going on in the world that impacts Tesla's business."

In the latest twist in their ongoing feud, Trump is doing a total 180 on his recent suggestion to axe Musk's federal contracts.

Jon Stewart has a theory about why the very litigious president has not sued his former buddy Elon Musk for declaring to the world that he’s in the Epstein files. “They have a little bit of a China-U.

Elon Musk and Donald Trump joined forces before the 2024 presidential election to help each other out. Trump needed Musk’s money to buy votes and Musk needed Trump to decimate the federal government while making sure contracts with his own companies remained untouched.

Elon Musk's companies have benefited from government contracts, including SpaceX through its relationships with the Pentagon and NASA.

Musk’s "America Party" could pull voters from Republicans defending seats in tight districts, Democrats believe.