Musk escalates public spat with Trump by making Epstein files claim
Elon Musk claimed the US president ‘is in the Epstein files’, but offered no evidence
With one tweet linking Donald Trump with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, Elon Musk reignited a long-running conspiracy theory beloved by the US president’s far-right supporters.
The tech billionaire – who exited his role as a top White House adviser just last week – alleged Thursday that the Republican leader was featured in secret government files on rich and powerful former Epstein associates.
The Trump administration has acknowledged it was reviewing tens of thousands of documents, videos and investigative material that his Maga movement says will unmask public figures complicit in Epstein’s crimes.
“Time to drop the really big bomb: (Trump) is in the Epstein files,” Musk posted on his social media platform, X, as a growing feud with the president boiled over into a vicious public spat.
“That is the real reason they have not been made public.”