JD Vance and Susie Wiles pushed Elon Musk to repair his relationship with President Trump after the tech billionaire blew up at the president in a dramatic and public falling out, according to people familiar with the matter. In a call last Friday, the vice president and the White House chief of staff urged Musk to put an end to the feud.

Elon Musk has built his reputation as a man who never backs down—a tech gladiator convinced he’s always right. When he responds to criticism, it’s usually to mock it. The word sorry doesn’t live in his vocabulary. Or at least, it didn’t. For the first time, the billionaire Tesla CEO engaged in an unprecedented act of humility on June 11th.

Elon Musk apologizes to Donald Trump after a heated week-long feud on social media, walking back controversial posts that mocked Trump's spending bill and linked him to Epstein files.