President Donald Trump and Elon Musk talk at a memorial for Charlie Kirk Sunday. Ross D. Franklin/AP
When Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s feud reached a fever pitch, Charlie Kirk desperately wanted the two to put their fight to bed and make up.
“I know both these guys … I am hopeful, optimistic and will do everything I possibly can to try and bring this back together,” Kirk told Megyn Kelly in June, adding that he expected them to make up.
In the end, Kirk succeeded, bringing Trump and Musk together publicly for the first time since their epic blowup.
At Kirk’s memorial service in Phoenix on Sunday, Musk was at one point, seated right next to Trump. The two shook hands and talked.
Kirk knew both men and had spent time with them, he would recount on his podcast. And even thoug