"Donald Trump met with billionaire Elon Musk, his once trusted adviser with whom the president had a spectacular public falling out, at a memorial event for right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, raising speculation that the two could be reconciling. Trump shook hands with and chatted to Musk, who once led the president's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which took a hatchet to the US federal workforce and agencies in the early months of Trump's second administration."
"Musk donated more than $270m to Trump's presidential campaign, barnstorming key battleground states for the Republican. After the election, he oversaw the launch of the DOGE, a controversial initiative that eliminated thousands of government jobs deemed by the agency to be part of a pattern of waste, fraud and abuse. But Musk broke with Trump over the White House's flagship tax and spending bill, which Musk called utterly insane and destructive."
Donald Trump met Elon Musk at a memorial for right-wing activist Charlie Kirk in Glendale, Arizona, where they shook hands, chatted and sat together in stadium stands. Musk previously led the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) early in Trump's second administration, an initiative that eliminated thousands of government jobs deemed wasteful. Musk donated more than $270 million to Trump's presidential campaign and barnstormed key battleground states. The pair later had a public falling out over the White House tax and spending bill and allegations tied to the Epstein files. Trump suggested he might consider deporting Musk, who announced an America First party that has not materialized. Musk posted an image captioned "For Charlie" and the White House shared video of their meeting; it is unknown if this was their first encounter since the feud.
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