{"id":2443667,"date":"2025-06-06T06:24:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T10:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-and-trump-could-already-be-headed-for-a-truce-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T06:25:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T10:25:38","slug":"musk-and-trump-could-already-be-headed-for-a-truce-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-and-trump-could-already-be-headed-for-a-truce-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk and Trump could already be headed for a truce &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmusk-and-trump-could-already-be-headed-for-a-truce-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2443667&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the article discusses the recent tensions between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, highlighted by a series of insults exchanged on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald ...\">social media<\/a>. Despite thier public disagreement, reports suggest that efforts are underway to initiate a reconciliation, with White House advisers planning a call between Trump and Musk to resolve their issues. Trump&#8217;s staff is encouraging him to de-escalate the situation, focusing instead on legislative priorities.<\/p>\n<p>The conflicts stem from Musk&#8217;s dissatisfaction with a meaningful spending bill that Trump has supported, which Musk criticized harshly. The feud intensified when Musk made serious allegations against Trump on social media, leading Trump to retaliate by threatening to cancel Musk&#8217;s government contracts. However, amid these tensions, the potential for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-slaps-25-additional-retaliatory-tariffs-on-canada\/\" title=\"... slaps 25% additional retaliatory tariffs on Canada\">truce appears<\/a> to be forming, with discussions aimed at brokering peace scheduled.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Musk and Trump could already be headed for a truce<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2140590\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a> caused quite a stir on Thursday, exchanging insults on social media. Yet despite the very public rift, reports have emerged that they could be headed for a truce.<\/p>\n<p><em>Politico&rsquo;s<\/em> Dasha Burns reported that White House advisers have scheduled a call between Musk and Trump to resolve their disagreements. She said that Trump&rsquo;s staff encouraged him not to escalate the feud, urged restraint, and suggested he focus on getting the &ldquo;big, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-downplays-strategy-fight-after-huddle-with-senate-gop-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... downplays strategy fight after huddle with Senate GOP - Washington Examiner\">beautiful bill&#038;rdquo<\/a>; approved by the Senate instead.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3432957\/kendi-style-antiracism-centers-did-little-despite-large-budgets\/\">Kendi-style antiracism centers did little despite large budgets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3426911\/san-jose-mayor-matt-mahan-homeless-policy\/\">San Jose mayor cast out as apostate by fellow Democrats over policies popular with the public<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3432001\/exclusive-trump-interview-big-steel-deal-for-pennsylvania\/\">A big steel deal for Pennsylvania<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680;BREAKING: I spoke with Trump briefly tonight<\/p>\n<p>A truce may be the works&hellip; <\/p>\n<p>A conversation between WH team and Musk is expected TOMORROW.<\/p>\n<p>And this afternoon senior admin officials advised Trump to temper his response and keep focus on his megabill. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oN4Bfd7bTt\">https:\/\/t.co\/oN4Bfd7bTt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G5tBv2S3vu\">pic.twitter.com\/G5tBv2S3vu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dasha Burns (@DashaBurns) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DashaBurns\/status\/1930827380358352931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Then, Trump&rsquo;s staff allegedly scheduled a call with Musk on Friday to &ldquo;broker a peace,&rdquo; Burns <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/06\/05\/trump-white-house-aides-signal-a-possible-detente-with-musk-00391502\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump offered little insight into any potential resolution of the conflict between the two former political allies when Burns briefly <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/06\/05\/trump-white-house-aides-signal-a-possible-detente-with-musk-00391502\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spoke<\/a> with him on Thursday night.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Oh, it&rsquo;s okay,&rdquo; Trump told Burns when asked about the feud. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s going very well, never done better.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He then apparently promoted his high marks in approval polls before ending the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The numbers are through the roof, the highest polls I&rsquo;ve ever had, and I have to go,&rdquo; Trump told Burns.<\/p>\n<p>Musk worked in the Trump administration as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-biden-coronavirus-adviser-announces-last-day-in-job\/\" title=\"Top Biden Coronavirus Adviser Announces Last Day in Job\">special government employee<\/a> who led the Department of Government Efficiency until May. He served 130 days in the role before he was required to resign. Shortly after he left, Musk expressed his displeasure with the &ldquo;big, beautiful bill&rdquo; that Trump and Republicans have sought to advance through Congress over concerns it would <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >increase government spending<\/a> and, subsequently, the national debt, beginning the rift between Trump and Musk.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sorry, but I just can&rsquo;t stand it anymore,&rdquo; Musk <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1929954109689606359?s=46\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a>. &ldquo;This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong,&rdquo; Musk added. &ldquo;You know it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3433203\/one-big-beautiful-breakup-elon-musk-donald-trump\/\"><strong>&lsquo;ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BREAKUP&rsquo;: WHAT&rsquo;S NEXT FOR TRUMP AND MUSK?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After exchanging insults on social media, Musk escalated the feud to what many believed was irreparable damage in two separate posts on his X account. First, Musk accused Trump of being in the Epstein files, which is why they have not been released. Next, Musk agreed with a post that called for Trump to be impeached and replaced by Vice President J.D. Vance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump followed with posts on his Truth Social account criticizing Musk and threatening to cancel his government contracts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2140590\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2140590\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Musk and Trump may be nearing a truce after their recent feud<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2443668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/100524_SALENA_MUSK_BUTLER_SMALL_EDIT-4-1-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4250,11124,3634],"class_list":["post-2443667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-musk","tag-truce","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/100524_SALENA_MUSK_BUTLER_SMALL_EDIT-4-1-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2443667"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2443671,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443667\/revisions\/2443671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2443668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2443667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2443667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2443667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}