Elon Musk U-turns on Donald Trump tweets as X owner 'regrets' posts that 'went too far'

Last week, Musk called the President's tax and spending bill a "disgusting abomination".

The X owner said the bill is "outrageous" and will "burden American citizens".

Musk said on his social media platform that Trump's bill is a "massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill".

The bill is estimated to increase the US Government's budget deficit by around $600billion (£444billion) in the next fiscal year.

Trump said last week that he "assumed" his relationship with the Tesla CEO is over.

The US President stated that he has "no intention of speaking" to Musk, and accused him of being "disrespectful to the office of the President".

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Last week, Musk launched a series of posts on X against the President, including a now-deleted post highlighting the one-time links between Trump and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Trump described the post as "old news", stating that "even Epstein's lawyer said I had nothing to do with it".

The US President said in a post on social media: "I don't mind Elon turning against me, but he should have done so months ago.

"The easiest way to save money in our budget, billions and billions of dollars, is to terminate Elon's Governmental Subsidies and Contracts," referring to federal contracts with SpaceX.

Trump admitted that he was "always surprised that Biden didn't do it".

During his time in the administration, the South-African billionaire spent his time cutting spending from the Government, in a position with the Department of Government Efficiency, or Doge.

Musk initially began with the target of "at least $2trillion (£1.478trillion)", but had to settle for cutting back $150billion (£110billion).

Doge has claimed to have saved $175billion (£129billion) through a combination of asset sales and granting cancellation and a 260,000-person reduction from the federal workforce.