Less than two days after Elon Musk criticized President Donald Trump about Megabill by Congress, the billionaire seemed to remove several of his most scathing messages on X who were waving the president, one who insinuated Trump was in Epstein files.
Musk posted Thursday, without providing proof, an assertion that the Ministry of Justice did not publish its files in its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, accused of sex trafficking in 2019, because Trump is there.
“It’s time to drop the very large bomb: @realdonaldtrump is in Epstein files,” he wrote. “This is the real reason why they were not made public. Have a good day, DJT!”
This message was deleted during the night and disappeared on Saturday morning, with the link to the message now showing a message that said: “Nothing to do here”.
Tesla, SpaceX and Elon Musk CEO attend the inauguration ceremony where Donald Trump will ensure as 47th American president of the Capitole rotunda in Washington on January 20, 2025.
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Musk’s apparent decision to delete Epstein’s position intervened just a few hours after having made another critical post on Friday evening, in which he wrote, he would apologize to Trump “as soon as there is a complete emptying of Epstein files”. This position was also deleted later.
Trump rejected Musk’s statements in an interview with NBC News published on Saturday.
“It’s called” Old News “. This is an old news.
“This is old news. It has been discussed for years and years. And as you know, I was not friendly with Epstein for probably 18 years before dying. I was not at all friends with him,” added Trump.
The president expressed his disappointment in criticism and threatened to reduce federal contracts to musk companies.
On Friday, he told Jonathan Karl of ABC News that he was “not particularly” interested in speaking with Musk.
“Do you mean the man who lost his head?” He asked.
Later Friday evening, Trump told journalists: “I don’t think about Elon Musk. I wish him good luck.”
President-elected Donald Trump, Trump’s choice for the planned government efficiency department, Elon Musk and vice-president elected JD Vance, attend the NCAA university football match between the army and the Navy in Landover, MD., December 14, 2024.
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Trump previously published: “I have never been on Epstein plane, or on his” stupid “island”, and he did not publicly oppose the publication of files currently being examined at the Doj.
The previous association of Trump with Epstein and the appearance of his name in a address book and on the flight newspapers of the Epstein aircraft have been widely reported. However, this does not indicate that Trump had an involvement in Epstein’s crimes.
Vice-president JD Vance said in an interview with Podcast published on Friday that Musk’s accusation was “absolutely not”, and he added that he hoped that Musk “will return to the lap”.
Musk also deleted a republication of an X user who called for the dismissal of Trump and so that he was replaced by Vance. “Yes,” Musk wrote in response to the post, seeming to support the idea.
It was not clear when exactly the posts were deleted.
However, several of the other musk stations criticizing the president remain on his account on Saturday morning, including one claiming that Trump would have lost the elections without his help.
ABC News Michelle Stoddart contributed to this report.
