Thaw in ties? Musk at Trump's dinner with Saudi prince; video shows prez giving him brief tap

Are ties betwixt Donald Trump and Elon Musk warming again? The question resurfaced connected Tuesday erstwhile tech billionaire Elon Musk appeared astatine the White House alongside the US President and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman -- their 2nd nationalist sighting unneurotic since a bitter feud earlier this year.

Musk's beingness signalled what galore spot arsenic an effort astatine repairing a rocky narration betwixt the world’s richest antheral and the US president.

The Tesla main attended a candlelit meal hosted by Trump for the visiting Saudi crown prince, conscionable months aft publically calling for Trump’s impeachment and hinting that the president was linked to the ungraded involving enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein.Before the fallout, Musk had been 1 of Trump's biggest backers.

He funded Trump's statesmanlike bid past twelvemonth and aboriginal emerged arsenic a cardinal adviser, heading the Department of Government Efficiency and driving large cuts to national spending and jobs.But the concern rapidly soured. Musk slammed Trump's sweeping tax-and-spending measure arsenic irresponsible and said helium intended to motorboat a caller governmental party. Trump deed back, threatening to chopped national subsidies that enactment Musk’s companies.

The feud -- combined with Musk’s progressively hard-right governmental rhetoric -- dented Tesla’s marque image, sales, and banal performance, according to analysts.The 2 person seldom been seen unneurotic since. Their past nationalist enactment was a little handshake astatine a memorial lawsuit for blimpish activistic Charlie Kirk successful September.Trump is hosting the Saudi crown prince arsenic Riyadh works to rebuild its planetary representation and fortify ties with Washington. Also contiguous astatine the high-profile meal were Portugal shot prima

Cristiano Ronaldo

and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.