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.

To catch you up on things, Trump told NBC News over the weekend that Elon will "pay very serious consequences" if he funds Democrats in future elections. He also said he has "no intention" of speaking to him. But then things softened a bit when Trump told reporters he was planning on keeping the red Tesla.

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),