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Dave Smith

Elon Musk says Trump 'is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public'

Elon Musk looks down (Credit: Allison Robbert / AFP—Getty Images)
  • Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, and Donald Trump, the president of the United States, are fully engaged in a mudslinging battle online. Trump said he was “very disappointed in Elon” for attacking his “big, beautiful bill.” Then Musk said “without me, Trump would have lost the election.” Trump doubled down, saying the easiest way to save the government money is “to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts.” Finally, Musk said it was “time to drop the really big bomb. [Trump] is in the Epstein files.”

Just three hours after Musk moved the target of his internet ire on Thursday from Trump’s spending bill to Trump himself, the 53-year-old Tesla CEO said, “Time to drop the really big bomb. @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public.”

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