Politico: “White House aides, after working to persuade the president to temper his public criticism of Musk to avoid escalation, scheduled a call Friday with the billionaire CEO of Tesla to broker a peace.”
Playbook: “But not everyone wants a detente. In our running conversations last night with senior administration officials and Republicans with close ties to Trump, the White House was absolutely dumping on Musk, even as press secretary Karoline Leavitt took to Sean Hannity’s show to talk about dialing down tensions.
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