Headline Roundup • June 5th, 2025
Musk Says Trump is in Epstein Files
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Elon Musk said Thursday that President Donald Trump is "in the Epstein files," which he alleged was "the real reason they have not been made public."
Trump's Response: "I don’t mind Elon turning against me, but he should have done so months ago. This is one of the Greatest Bills ever presented to Congress. It’s a Record Cut in Expenses, $1.6 Trillion Dollars, and the Biggest Tax Cut ever given," Trump posted on Truth Social. He also suggested "terminating Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts" as a way to save billions of dollars.
For Context: Trump and Musk have been publicly sparring over Trump's proposed budget, which Musk sees as too expensive. Trump's Department of Justice released more documents on Jeffrey Epstein in February, which revealed little new information.
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Billionaire Elon Musk alleged that President Trump has ties to convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein as the part of his growing feud with the president, a fight that boiled over and turned personal on Thursday.
Elon Musk is taking his feud with President Donald Trump a step further, posting on X that the reason the Jeffrey Epstein files haven’t been released is because Trump is in them.
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Elon Musk went nuclear on President Trump Thursday, accusing him of withholding information from the public about Jeffrey Epstein because it would implicate him.
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