After Donald Trump was chased by former ‘first buddy’ Elon Musk for allegedly being included in the Jeffrey Epstein files during their public row online, the internet descended into turmoil.
Even though Trump and Musk had been working together closely, the pair began to show signs of conflict within their relationship after the Tesla CEO was set to depart his DOGE government role this month.
What did Musk say about Trump?
Just one day before his major ‘bomb’ was announced, Musk made pointed remarks about Trump’s finances, specifically the ‘large, beautiful bill’ which would raise deficit by $3.8 trillion by 2034.
“I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decreases it, and highlights the work that the DOGE team is doing,” he told CBS last week.
“I think a bill can be big or it can be beautiful, but I don’t know if it can be both. My personal opinion.”
In response, Trump shared to attendees at the Oval Office on 5 June: “Look, you know, I’ve always liked Elon, and it’s always very surprised you saw the words he had for me, the words and he hasn’t said anything about me.”
He continued: “But I’m very disappointed, because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here.”
Musk later answered: “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!”
Musk let go of the mother of all allegations, writing 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!”
What do the Epstein files say about Trump?
Only a few can truly understand what is said about Trump in the files, but what is known is that Trump was a friend, or at least an acquaintance, of Epstein’s for years.
The Epstein flight logs, which were announced by Trump’s attorney general in February of this year, include his name seven times.
However, The Mirror said that the president once commented six years before the s3x offender was accused of soliciting a minor for prostitution, that Epstein liked ‘many of them are on the younger side’.
Trump being named in the files does not indicate wrongdoing on his behalf.
How did Epstein and Trump know each other?
Video footage from Mar-A-Lago show both men surrounded by young women while it’s not known just how far back the pair really go, in 1992.
Apparently, he was playing his ‘Trump Dance’, something that he would do whilst with Epstein too.
“It was only during last year’s election campaign that the world saw Donald dance, but those at the club have seen it for years,” a Mar-A-Lago source reported, as per The Mirror.
“He and Jeff would party up a storm in West Palm Beach. At times, they seemed joined at the hip… It is the exact same moves he honed back in the early 90s while partying with Jeff.”
