The internet lit up this week after Elon Musk ignited a firestorm by going after President Donald Trump—and then quickly backed down.
What started as a disagreement over Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB)—a sweeping tax and trade reform plan aimed at supercharging American manufacturing, reducing the deficit, and cutting off the globalist money faucet—turned into something far darker.
The feud escalated when Musk, in a now-deleted post on X (formerly Twitter), accused Trump of being involved in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
Musk wrote on X, “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!”
He continued, “Mark this post for the future. The truth will come out.”
Musk even shared a decades-old video of President Trump speaking briefly with Epstein at a Mar-a-Lago party in 1992—footage that has circulated for years and proves absolutely nothing.
Musk calmed down Thursday night after going off on Trump in several nasty posts on X. Responding to a poster with (at the time) 184 followers who pleaded with Musk to “cool off” in response to Musk posting as part of his fight with Trump he would decommission the Dragon space capsule relied on by NASA to shuttle astronauts and cargo to the International Space Station, Musk said, “Good advice. Ok, we won’t decommission Dragon.”
A few minutes later Musk responded positively to a plea for peace by Bill Ackman who posted, “I support @realDonaldTrump and @elonmusk and they should make peace for the benefit of our great country. We are much stronger together than apart.”
Just as suddenly as the posts appeared, they vanished. By early Saturday morning, Musk’s tweet had been deleted.
Time reported:
Musk’s Epstein-related post was no longer showing, with X users instead receiving a notice that reads: “Sorry, that post has been deleted.”
And it’s not the only post of Musk’s that has been deleted. Another inflammatory post from Thursday, which saw Musk respond “yes,” endorsing a message that said “Trump should be impeached” and that Vance “should replace him,” is also no longer viewable on X.
The deleted posts suggest that the explosive feud between Trump and his one-time ally could be thawing.
Musk’s original posts came as Trump also lobbed insults and threatened to take away government funding and contracts related to billionaire Musk’s Space X company. The row started when Musk aired his grievances with Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill,” which is being considered by the Senate. The Tesla CEO branded the bill a “disgusting abomination” and told his millions of followers to “call your Senator, call your Congressman… kill the bill.”
Elon Musk also deleted a tweet where he said he would apologize profusely to President Trump once the “full dump” of the Epstein files is released.
Elon Musk says he “will apologize profusely” to President Trump “as soon as there is a full dump of the Epstein files”
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— TONY™ (@TONYxTWO) June 7, 2025
Although tensions seem to be easing for now, Trump has made it clear he has no intention of reconciling with Musk.
President Trump spoke to ABC News Friday morning, “he’s “not particularly” interested in talking to Elon Musk, and calls him a “man who has lost his mind,” (adding) He said Musk wants to talk to him, but he’s not ready to talk to Musk.”
More from CNN’s Dana Bash, “I just got off the phone with President Trump. He told me he’s “not even thinking about Elon. He’s got a problem. The poor guy’s got a problem.” (And, “I wish him well.”)
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