Musk deletes post claiming Trump 'in the Epstein files'

Elon Musk did not uncover which files helium was talking astir and offered nary grounds for his claim. File | Photo Credit: AP

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has deleted an explosive allegation linking Donald Trump with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein that helium posted connected societal media during a vicious nationalist fallout with the U.S. President this week.

Mr. Musk, who exited his relation arsenic a apical White House advisor conscionable past week, alleged connected Thursday (June 5, 2025) that the Republican person is featured successful concealed authorities files connected erstwhile associates of Epstein, who died by termination successful 2019 portion helium faced enactment trafficking charges.

The Trump medication has acknowledged it is reviewing tens of thousands of documents, videos and investigative worldly that his "MAGA" question says volition unmask nationalist figures complicit successful Epstein's crimes.

"Time to driblet the truly large bomb: (Trump) is successful the Epstein files," Mr. Musk posted connected his societal media platform, X, arsenic his increasing feud with the President boiled implicit into a spectacularly nationalist enactment connected Thursday (June 5, 2025). "That is the existent crushed they person not been made public," helium said.

Mr. Musk did not uncover which files helium was talking astir and offered nary grounds for his claim.

He initially doubled down connected the claim, penning successful a follow-up message, "Mark this station for the future. The information volition travel out."

However, helium appeared to person deleted some tweets by Saturday (June 7, 2025) morning.

Supporters connected the conspiratorial extremity of Mr. Trump's "Make America Great Again" basal allege that Epstein's associates had their roles successful his crimes covered up by authorities officials and others.

They constituent the digit astatine Democrats and Hollywood celebrities, though not astatine Mr. Trump himself. No authoritative root has ever confirmed that the President appears successful immoderate of the material.

Mr. Trump knew and socialised with Epstein but has denied spending clip connected Little Saint James, the backstage redoubt successful the US Virgin Islands wherever prosecutors alleged Epstein trafficked underage girls for sex.

"Terrific guy," Mr. Trump, who was Epstein's neighbour successful some Florida and New York, said successful an aboriginal 2000s illustration of the financier.

"He's a batch of amusive to beryllium with. It is adjacent said that helium likes beauteous women arsenic overmuch arsenic I do, and galore of them are connected the younger side."

Just past week, Mr. Trump gave Mr. Musk a glowing send-off arsenic helium near his cost-cutting relation astatine the alleged Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

But their narration imploded wrong days arsenic Mr. Musk described arsenic an "abomination" a spending measure that, if passed by Congress, could specify Mr. Trump's 2nd word successful office.

Mr. Trump deed backmost successful an Oval Office diatribe and from determination the enactment detonated, leaving Washington and riveted societal media users alike stunned by the blistering break-up betwixt the world's richest idiosyncratic and the world's astir powerful.

With existent governmental and economical risks to their row, some past appeared to inch backmost from the brink connected Friday (June 6, 2025), but the White House denied reports they would talk.

Published - June 07, 2025 07:48 p.m. IST