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As the feud between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk escalated on Thursday, Musk alleged that the president was in the Epstein Files and that was the reason the documents have not been made public.
Musk posted to X, "Time to drop the really big bomb: Donald Trump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!"
He followed up with a reply to the accusation, writing, "Mark this post for the future. The truth will come out."
The post from Musk came after Trump said on Truth Social that the best way to cut government spending would be to end Musk's contracts with Tesla as well as his other ventures. Trump wrote on Truth Social beforehand, "The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn’t do it!"
The accusation from Musk is the latest in the back-and-forth between Musk and Trump over the "Big Beautiful Bill," and the level of spending in the federal government. The feud appeared to come to a head on Thursday with the post from Musk making the accusation against the president.
Trump had accused Musk earlier in the day of opposing the bill over the removal of a policy mandating electric vehicles, which would have stood to benefit Musk.
"Elon was 'wearing thin,' I asked him to leave, I took away his EV Mandate that forced everyone to buy Electric Cars that nobody else wanted (that he knew for months I was going to do!), and he just went CRAZY!" Trump posted on Truth Social.
The Tesla founder, who has come out against EV tax credits previously, wrote in response to Trump, "False, this bill was never shown to me even once and was passed in the dead of night so fast that almost no one in Congress could even read it!"
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