Tech billionaire Elon Musk offered praise for President Trump’s international diplomacy efforts on Wednesday while navigating another rocky point in the duo’s on-and-off relationship that crumbled in a public meltdown last month over the president’s massive tax and spending bill.
“Credit where credit is due,” Musk posted early Wednesday morning on his social platform X. “[Trump] has successfully resolved several serious conflicts around the world.”
Musk included a screenshot of a message Trump posted on his own platform Truth Social in which the president provided an update on ongoing negotiations to end the war in Gaza.
“My Representatives had a long and productive meeting with the Israelis today on Gaza. Israel has agreed to the necessary conditions to finalize the 60 Day CEASEFIRE, during which time we will work with all parties to end the War,” Trump wrote in the Tuesday evening post. “The Qataris and Egyptians, who have worked very hard to help bring Peace, will deliver this final proposal. I hope, for the good of the Middle East, that Hamas takes this Deal, because it will not get better — IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE.”
Trump has sought to resolve multiple international conflicts since returning to the White House in January.
On top of working to end the war in Gaza that started with Hamas’s deadly attack on Israel more than a year before Trump returned to office, the Trump administration has attempted to broker a peace deal in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Trump also intervened to end the 12-day military conflict between Israel and Iran after launching a U.S. military strike against Tehran’s nuclear facilities late last month.
The administration additionally facilitated a peace treaty last week between Rwanda and Congo to end fighting in eastern Congo.
Trump’s supporters have nominated the president to receive a long-sought Nobel Peace Prize for his approach to the multiple international conflicts, but Trump posted on Truth Social last month that he doesn’t expect the award.
“No, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize no matter what I do, including Russia/Ukraine, and Israel/Iran, whatever those outcomes may be, but the people know, and that’s all that matters to me!” he wrote.
Meanwhile, Musk, who is the world’s wealthiest person and served for months as the face of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency efforts, has vowed to back opponents of Trump’s domestic policy plan known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
The House and Senate have passed separate versions of the proposal, which would extend the tax cuts from Trump’s first term while cutting funding for social safety net programs like Medicaid and food stamps, but Republican lawmakers continue to battle over its specifics, as a self-imposed Friday deadline looms.
