Amid a spiralling feud with US President Donald Trump on the latest US bill, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has claimed that Trump’s name is mentioned “in the Epstein files” and added that it is the “real reason they have not been made public.”
In a post on X, Musk stated, “Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT.”
In another post on X, Musk stated, “Mark this post for the future. The truth will come out.”
Names of powerful people previously related to convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died by suicide in Manhattan jail in 2019, including Trump, Prince Andrew and former US President Bill Clinton, have been named in court documents associated with Epstein’s years of sexual abuse, The Hill reported.
Before being elected in November, Trump said that he would have “no problem” releasing files related to Epstein, something some lawmakers have demanded on social media following Epstein’s death.
In 2024, Trump denied any association with Epstein, The Hill reported. In a post on X, he stated, “I was never on Epstein’s Plane, or at his ‘stupid’ Island. Strong Laws ought to be developed against A.I. It will be a big and very dangerous problem in the future.”
Musk’s allegation came just minutes after Trump threatened to cancel government contracts with Musk’s companies. Musk stated that considering Trump’s cancellation of government contracts with Tesla, SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately.
“In light of the President’s statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately,” Musk posted on X.
In a post shared on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump stated, “The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn’t do it.”
Earlier, Musk even conducted a poll on X, asking whether the US needs a new political party ‘that actually represents the 80 per cent in the middle’.
Earlier, Elon Musk called out Trump for ingratitude as the two disagreed on the latest US bill. His remarks came after Trump stated that he liked Musk and he was very surprised and termed the bill “incredible.” He stated that Musk was upset regarding the Electric Vehicle (EV) mandate. He made these remarks while speaking to reporters during his meeting with Friedrich Merz.
When asked about Elon Musk’s criticism of tax policy bill, Trump said, “I’ve always liked Elon and that’s why I was very surprised. You saw the words he had for me. The words are great. And he hasn’t said anything about me that’s bad. I’d rather have him criticize me than the bill because the bill is incredible. It’s the biggest cut in the history of our country. We’ve never cut. It’s about 1.6 trillion in cuts. It’s the biggest tax cut. Tax, you would say, people’s taxes will go way down, but it’s the biggest tax cut in history. We are doing things in that bill that are unbelievable. And when you look at what we’re doing for small businesses, for people, for middle-income people, all of the things we’re doing, nobody’s ever seen anything like it.”
“And, you know, Elon’s upset because we took the EV mandate, which was a lot of money for electric vehicles. And, you know, they’re having a hard time with the electric vehicles, and they want us to pay billions of dollars in subsidy. Elon knew this from the beginning. He knew it for a long time ago.
That’s been in there. That’s been, I would say, JD, that hasn’t changed. That’s been right from the beginning. I think, Mr. Secretary, that hasn’t said anything about me that’s bad. I’d rather have him criticize me than the bill because the bill is incredible. It’s the biggest cut in the history of our country. We’ve never cut. It’s about 1.6 trillion in cuts. It’s the biggest tax cut. Tax, you would say, people’s taxes will go way down, but it’s the biggest tax cut in history. We are doing things in that bill that are unbelievable. And when you look at what we’re doing for small businesses, for people, for middle-income people, all of the things we’re doing, nobody’s ever seen anything like it.”
“And, you know, Elon’s upset because we took the EV mandate, which was a lot of money for electric vehicles. And, you know, they’re having a hard time with the electric vehicles, and they want us to pay billions of dollars in subsidy. Elon knew this from the beginning. He knew it for a long time ago. That’s been in there. That’s been, I would say, JD, that hasn’t changed. That’s been right from the beginning. I think, Mr. Secretary, that hasn’t changed at all, right from the beginning. But I know that it disturbed him,” he added.
Trump stated that Musk recommended a Democrat to run NASA and he did not agree to it.
