Elon Musk ignited controversy by alleging Donald Trump is named in Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s sealed files, escalating their public feud. The clash began after Musk criticized Trump\u2019s spending bill, calling it wasteful. Trump expressed disappointment, prompting Musk to retaliate with the Epstein claim on X, writing: *\u201dTime to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files.\u201d* While flight logs confirm Trump and Epstein\u2019s past association, no evidence links Trump to Epstein\u2019s crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The White House dismissed Musk\u2019s remarks as an \u201cunfortunate episode,\u201d while Trump denied the allegations. Reports reveal the two billionaires had a long-standing friendship, with Trump once calling Epstein a \u201cterrific guy.\u201d The FBI declined to comment on Musk\u2019s claims, leaving the explosive accusation unresolved as their rift deepens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Elon Musk ignited controversy by alleging Donald Trump is named in Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s sealed files, escalating their public feud. The clash began after Musk criticized Trump\u2019s spending bill, calling it wasteful. Trump expressed disappointment, prompting Musk to retaliate with the Epstein claim on X, writing: *\u201dTime to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1270,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268\/revisions\/1270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}