The shocking remorse comes after the Tesla CEO was called out for tweeting on July 1, stating, "Hitting the debt ceiling is the only thing that will actually force the government to cut waste and frau

Elon Musk said that wielding a chainsaw at CPAC "lacked empathy." "Milei gave me the chainsaw backstage and I ran with it," he wrote on X. Musk is now in a deadlock with Trump over the president's big spending bill. Elon Musk said that brandishing a chainsaw onstage in February probably wasn't such a good idea.

Trump said he will "take a look" at whether the U.S. will deport Elon Musk, as the feud between the two continued.