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How Vance Brokered a Truce Between Musk and Trump

December 29, 2025 · 6:37 am ET · Leave a Comment

Washington Post: “The months-long offensive by Vance and other White House officials, the details of which have not been previously reported, has worked.”

“Having scrapped his third party project, Musk appeared at the White House in November, attending a dinner for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia. The killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk spurred Musk to put support behind GOP campaigns in the midterms… Privately, Musk is considering reworking his donations by seeding existing groups with cash rather than wielding his own super PAC.”

“But though Trump and Musk are once again on good terms, their truce is fragile, allies of both men say.”

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