The web lit up this week after Elon Musk ignited a firestorm by going after President Donald Trump—after which shortly backed down.
What began as a disagreement over Trump’s “One Large Stunning Invoice” (OBBB)—a sweeping tax and commerce reform plan aimed toward supercharging American manufacturing, lowering the deficit, and reducing off the globalist cash faucet—changed into one thing far darker.
The feud escalated when Musk, in a now-deleted put up on X (previously Twitter), accused Trump of being concerned within the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
Musk wrote on X, “Time to drop the actually large bomb: @realDonaldTrump is within the Epstein recordsdata. That’s the actual motive they haven’t been made public. Have a pleasant day, DJT!”
He continued, “Mark this put up for the long run. The reality will come out.”
Musk even shared a decades-old video of President Trump talking briefly with Epstein at a Mar-a-Lago social gathering in 1992—footage that has circulated for years and proves completely nothing.
Musk calmed down Thursday evening after going off on Trump in a number of nasty posts on X. Responding to a poster with (on the time) 184 followers who pleaded with Musk to “cool off” in response to Musk posting as a part of his battle with Trump he would decommission the Dragon area capsule relied on by NASA to shuttle astronauts and cargo to the Worldwide Area Station, Musk stated, “Good recommendation. Okay, we gained’t decommission Dragon.”
A couple of minutes later Musk responded positively to a plea for peace by Invoice Ackman who posted, “I assist @realDonaldTrump and @elonmusk and they need to make peace for the good thing about our nice nation. We’re a lot stronger collectively than aside.”
Simply as all of the sudden because the posts appeared, they vanished. By early Saturday morning, Musk’s tweet had been deleted.
Time reported:
Musk’s Epstein-related put up was now not displaying, with X customers as a substitute receiving a discover that reads: “Sorry, that put up has been deleted.”
And it’s not the one put up of Musk’s that has been deleted. One other inflammatory put up from Thursday, which noticed Musk reply “sure,” endorsing a message that stated “Trump needs to be impeached” and that Vance “ought to exchange him,” can also be now not viewable on X.
The deleted posts recommend that the explosive feud between Trump and his one-time ally could possibly be thawing.
Musk’s unique posts got here as Trump additionally lobbed insults and threatened to take away authorities funding and contracts associated to billionaire Musk’s Area X firm. The row began when Musk aired his grievances with Trump’s “Large, Stunning Invoice,” which is being thought-about by the Senate. The Tesla CEO branded the invoice a “disgusting abomination” and instructed his hundreds of thousands of followers to “name your Senator, name your Congressman… kill the invoice.”
Elon Musk additionally deleted a tweet the place he stated he would apologize profusely to President Trump as soon as the “full dump” of the Epstein recordsdata is launched.
Elon Musk says he “will apologize profusely” to President Trump “as quickly as there’s a full dump of the Epstein recordsdata”
Ideas?? pic.twitter.com/7m3B3bMWL7
— TONY™ (@TONYxTWO) June 7, 2025
Though tensions appear to be easing for now, Trump has made it clear he has no intention of reconciling with Musk.
President Trump spoke to ABC Information Friday morning, “he’s “not notably” excited about speaking to Elon Musk, and calls him a “man who has misplaced his thoughts,” (including) He stated Musk needs to speak to him, however he’s not prepared to speak to Musk.”
Extra from CNN’s Dana Bash, “I simply acquired off the cellphone with President Trump. He instructed me he’s “not even occupied with Elon. He’s acquired an issue. The poor man’s acquired an issue.” (And, “I want him properly.”)
