{"slug": "how-trump-and-elon-musk-rekindled-their-relationship", "title": "How Trump and Elon Musk Rekindled Their Relationship", "summary": "The Wall Street Journal reports that former President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have rekindled their relationship after a nearly yearlong effort involving back-channel calls, mutual friends, and invitations to Mar-a-Lago and the White House, catalyzed by the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Trump and Musk now speak roughly once a month, discussing AI, China, and world events, though Trump privately says they will never be as close as before.", "body_md": "[Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-elon-musk-relationship-d4b57ce6?mod=hp_lead_pos1): “The scene capped a nearly yearlong effort to reunite Trump and Musk following the breakup of one of the most unusual and significant political alliances in modern American history.”\n\n“It involved back-channel phone calls, coaxing from mutual friends, invites to Mar-a-Lago and a White House soiree. The reunion was also nudged forward by an unexpected tragedy: the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who had spent the months before his death trying to repair the relationship.”\n\n“Privately, Trump says he and Musk will never be as close as they once were, according to the president’s aides. But they are talking again, roughly once a month, discussing AI, China and world events, people with knowledge of the calls said.”\n\n[Save to Favorites](?wpfpaction=add&postid=2008589)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-trump-and-elon-musk-rekindled-their-relationship", "canonical_source": "https://politicalwire.com/2026/08/13/how-trump-and-elon-musk-rekindled-their-relationship/", "published_at": "2026-08-14 01:08:51+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-14 01:20:18.685226+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["Donald Trump", "Elon Musk", "Wall Street Journal", "Charlie Kirk", "Mar-a-Lago"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-trump-and-elon-musk-rekindled-their-relationship", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-trump-and-elon-musk-rekindled-their-relationship.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-trump-and-elon-musk-rekindled-their-relationship.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-trump-and-elon-musk-rekindled-their-relationship.jsonld"}}