Elon Musk has dropped a bombshell accusation, claiming his former close friend Donald Trump appears in the Epstein files.
The claim was part of a spectacular war of words between the world’s most powerful men, with the president claiming the Tesla boss has “Trump derangement syndrome”, and Musk insisting Trump only won the election because of him.
Musk said in a post 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!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2025
Earlier in the day Trump told reporters during a sit-down with Friedrich Merz, Germany’s new chancellor: “Elon and I had a great relationship. I don’t know if we will anymore.”
In February, Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, pledged to release all of the information the government holds on Epstein, which have come to be colloquially known as the “Epstein files”.
She invited a select group of pro-Maga influencers to the White House where they were handed binders containing what she said was “Phase One” of the full document release.
However, the 200-page document contained only phone-book contacts and flight logs, most of which have been available since 2015, and no date has been set for releasing the remaining files.
Trump ‘disappointed’ with Musk
Donald Trump attempted to quash Elon Musk’s criticism of his “big, beautiful bill” during an Oval Office meeting with Germany’s Freidreich Merz earlier today.
Musk in recent days labelled the legislation the “Debt Slavery Bill” in a sharp reversal from the good terms on which he left the White House last Friday.
Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump said he had a “good relationship” with Musk but said “I don’t know if we will any more”.
Trump went on to say he was “surprised” by Musk’s criticism after he was given a “wonderful send off” at the White House last week.
The US president continued: “I’m very disappointed because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill…he only developed a problem when we knew we were going to cut the electric vehicle mandate.”
“I’m very disappointed in Elon, I’ve helped him a lot.”
If Trump actually was in the Epstein files . . . we would have seen them years ago !
I suspect this is just part of the plan to make Elon a hero of the Insane Left once again.
What Elon has said about Trump being in the Epstein files is a low blow. Whether Trump is, or isn’t, Elon is acting like a child. Just because you are pictured with Epstein or in the files means nothing. If/when the files are released, then is the time to have a go.