A viral Mar-a-Lago dinner photo showing Donald Trump and Elon Musk together has sparked online speculation that the once-feuding political and tech power players have repaired their strained relationship.

Vance's close personal friendship with Musk and their shared tech-centric worldview made him uniquely suited to mend the divide. Plus, he had skin in the game — winning back Musk's support could supercharge his path to the Republican nomination in 2028.

He also said he's spoken "a little bit" with Musk since they met at Charlie Kirk's memorial. "He had a bad moment," Trump said. "It was a stupid moment in his life, very stupid." The feud between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk appears to be thawing out.

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's relationship soured in 2025 when Musk criticized Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, leading to a political breakup that played out on social media.

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Peter Thiel and Elon Musk have known each other for decades, all the way back to when they combined their respective online banking companies, Paypal and X, in 2002. Since then, their relationship has seen plenty of ups and downs and their networths have ...

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