Less than two days after Elon Musk criticized President Donald Trump for the Megabill who moved by Congress, the billionaire seemed to eliminate several of his most scathing positions in X who addressed the president, including one that hinted at Trump was in Epstein’s archives.
Musk published Thursday, without providing evidence, an claim that the Department of Justice has not published his archives in his investigation by Jeffrey Epstein, who was accused of minors who traffic sex in 2019, because Trump is in them.
“It’s time to release the really big bomb: @realdonaldtrump is in Epstein archives,” he wrote. “That is the real reason why they have not become public. You have a good day, Djt!”
That publication was eliminated during the night and had disappeared on Saturday morning, with the link to the publication that now shows a message that said: “Nothing to do here.”
The CEO of Tesla, Spacex and X, Elon Musk, attends the inauguration ceremony, where Donald Trump will swear as the 47th president of the United States in the Rotonda Capitol in Washington, on January 20, 2025.
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The apparent Musk movement to eliminate Epstein’s post was produced only a few hours after doing another critical position on Friday night, in which he wrote that he would apologize to Trump “as soon as there is a landfill in Epstein’s archives.” That publication was also eliminated later.
Trump dismissed Musk’s claims in an interview with NBC News published on Saturday.
“That is called ‘old news’. That has been ancient news.
“It’s old news. There has been talk of this for years and years. And as you know, I was not friendly with Epstein for probably 18 years before I died. I was nothing friendly with him,” Trump added.
The president expressed his disappointment for criticism and threatened to reduce federal contracts to Musk’s businesses.
On Friday, he told Jonathan Karl of ABC News that “he was not particularly” interested in talking to Musk.
“Do you mean the man who has lost his head?” asked.
Later on Friday night, Trump told reporters: “I’m not thinking about Elon Musk. I just wish him the best.”
President -elect Donald Trump, Trump’s election for the planned government efficiency department Elon Musk and the elected vice president JD Vance attend the university football game of the NCAA Entre Army and Navy in Landover, Maryland, December 14, 2024.
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Trump previously published: “I was never on the Epstein plane, or on his ‘stupid’ island, and has not been publicly opposed to the launch of the files that are now under review in the Department of Justice.
Trump’s previous association with Epstein and the appearance of its name in a address notebook and in the flight records of the Epstein plane has been widely informed. However, that does not indicate that Trump had any participation in Epstein’s crimes.
Vice President JD Vance said in a podcast interview published on Friday that Musk’s accusation is “absolutely not” true, and added that he hopes Musk “returns to the fold.”
Musk also eliminated a repost of an X user who requested Trump’s accusation and that he was replaced by Vance. “Yes,” Musk wrote in response to the publication, looking like supporting the idea.
It was not clear when the posts were removed exactly.
However, several of the other critical posts of the president remain in his account until Saturday morning, including one claiming that Trump would have lost the elections without his help.
Michelle Stoddart of ABC News contributed to this report.
