ToplinePresident Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s months-long friendship devolved in spectacular fashion this week as the world’s richest man and the world’s most powerful man engaged in a nasty, public back-and-forth on their respective social media platforms—but Musk has since taken down some of his tweets that were critical of the president in what marked the most poignant moment of de-escalation between both figures.

Although Elon Musk has been known to lean on "free speech" when convenient, the ex-DOGE boss appears to backpedaling after dropping a major bombshell.