Elon Musk, who served as a close adviser and confidant to President Donald Trump until a bitter public falling out last week in a series of social-media posts, issued his strongest sign of contrition yet over how he handled the rupture.

Musk’s rare public expression of regret suggests he is trying to defuse tensions after Trump threatened to retaliate against his companies during their feud.

The dip in Musk's net worth was the second-biggest loss in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index The drastic dip in Elon Musk's net worth comes amid tensions between him and President Donald Trump last week Musk recently announced he was leaving the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Despite the $34 billion hit,