Donald Trump's former "first buddy", Elon Musk, who's been on a tear criticising the US President's signature tax and spending bill, is now expressing regrets over his wild antics at CPAC earlier this year.

Milei gave me the chainsaw backstage and I ran with it, but, in retrospect, it lacked empathy," Musk replied, referring to Javier Milei, Argentina's president. That moment at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February has become an iconic image of Musk's time helming the Department of Government Efficiency.

Does tech billionaire Elon Musk regret waving around a chain saw in support of President Donald Trump earlier this year? A (CPAC) in February, Musk pranced around on stage with a chain saw he received from Argentina‘s President Javier Milei.