Trump’s camp insisted that he wanted to move on from the row with the South African-born Musk, with officials telling AFP that the tech tycoon had requested a call but that the president was not interested.
Fallout from the blow up between the world’s richest person and its most powerful could be significant, as Trump risks political damage and Musk faces the loss of huge US government contracts.
The White House meanwhile squashed earlier reports that they would talk.
- Tesla giveaway? -
Trump was considering either selling or giving away the cherry red Tesla S that he announced he had bought from Musk’s firm at the height of their relationship.
“He’s thinking about it, yes,“ a senior White House official told AFP when asked if Trump would sell or give away the Tesla.
- ‘Expiration date’ -
On Thursday, the SpaceX boss briefly threatened to scrap his company’s Dragon spacecraft -- vital for ferrying NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station -- after Trump suggested he could end Musk’s giant government contracts.
The tech magnate also kept a low profile early Friday.
Trade Advisor Peter Navarro, whom Musk once called “dumber than a sack of bricks” in an argument over Trump’s tariffs, refused to gloat but said the tycoon had an “expiration date.”
Vice President JD Vance also stuck by Trump amid the blazing row -- blasting what he called “lies” that his boss was “impulsive or short-tempered” -- but notably avoided criticizing Musk.
Then in a televised Oval Office diatribe on Thursday, Trump said he was “very disappointed” with Musk.
The pair traded insults for hours on social media, with Musk at one point suggesting impeachment of Trump and signalling interest in forming a new political party.
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