Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s allies urge reconciliation after damaging split“Elon isn’t taking calls from anyone,” one Silicon Valley financier and big donor to Republican candidates told the Financial Times. “Not from people who have billions invested in his companies . . . The Valley is losing their shit.”
Attempts to get Trump to reconcile with his former “first buddy” were set back on Friday morning by news that the president planned to sell or give away the Tesla he had bought in March as a show of support for Musk. Reports of a conciliatory phone call between the two men were also dismissed by the White House.
Billionaire Tim Draper, who invested in Tesla and SpaceX, urged Trump and Musk to reunite to save the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, an initiative that was backed by many in the tech world and staffed by Silicon Valley executives.
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