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.

Elon Musk’s net worth witnessed a sudden rise after he issued a public apology for harsh comments about Donald Trump. No one predicted the sudden fallout between the two of them. The pair, who joined hands to reshape the federal government through many controversial moves,

President Donald Trump appeared to appreciate billionaire Elon Musk 's apparent social media apology late Tuesday (June 10) night. “I thought it was very nice that he did that,” Trump told the New York Post during a brief phone conversation on Wednesday (June 11),