President Donald Trump and Elon Musk put their differences aside at Charlie Kirk’s funeral a week after the conservative activist was shot and killed at the University of Utah campus.
The former rivals were seen chatting in Trump’s box before the president gave Musk a friendly pat on the back — moments before the Tesla tycoon stood up and walked out.
Their complicated history boiled over in June 2025, when the pair clashed in a fiery exchange on X. Musk had posted, and then swiftly deleted, a bombshell claim that federal authorities held extra information on Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein files, even going so far as to suggest the president should be impeached.
Trump will lead mourners at the funeral of Charlie Kirk, addressing tens of thousands gathered inside State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
Trump will be joined on stage by Vice President J.D. Vance and senior members of his Cabinet, with security around the stadium described as ‘extraordinarily tight.’
Kirk’s widow, Erika, will also deliver a eulogy — just days after it was announced she will succeed her late husband as head of his powerhouse organization, Turning Point USA.
