HUNT VALLEY, Md. (TNND) -- President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, who used to head the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), shook hands and spoke to each other at a memorial service for political activist Charlie Kirk on Sunday.
Musk sat next to Trump in the Arizona stadium suite the president was already in. The two men then shook hands and spoke together for several minutes, and Trump gave Musk a pat on the back as the businessman exited.
The White House shared a black-and-white photo of Trump and Musk leaning in toward one another in a post on social media platform X, captioning it, "For Charlie." Musk used the same caption in a photo of him and the president in his own X post.
The former DOGE head, who is also the chief executive of Tesla, left the White House in May and publicly argued with Trump about the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The bill eliminated electric vehicle tax credits and grew the federal deficit, which DOGE had a mission of reducing.
Musk expressed support on X in June for removing Trump from office and claimed the president is in files related to Jeffrey Epstein, who was charged with a child sex trafficking scheme.
Trump said he asked Musk to leave the White House because he was "wearing thin," noting the businessman went "crazy" as a result of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's elimination of tax credits. Trump also said in July he was considering deporting Musk.