Musk Deletes Post Saying He’ll Apologize to Trump if the President Does a ‘Full Dump’ of Epstein Files

 
Elon Musk

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Elon Musk said an apology from him to President Donald Trump hinges on a “full dump.”

Many conservatives have been disappointed that the Trump administration has yet to release the files of deceased underage sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The dead pedophile’s name was back in the news this week after Musk claimed Trump’s name is in those files.

The accusation was part of an hours-long public brawl between the two billionaires on Thursday.

Musk, who for a few months led Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency,” fiercely opposes Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” that is before the Senate, calling it “a disgusting abomination” this week. Over on Truth Social on Thursday, Trump said Musk had been “wearing thin” as the head of the “Department of Government Efficiency” and claimed Musk “went CRAZY” when the president asked him to leave the government when his term as a special government employee ended. Musk, in turn, said Trump should be impeached and claimed the president is in the aforementioned files.

On Friday night, James Fishback, a DOGE-adjacent businessman, took issue with Musk’s attacks on Trump, tweeting that the Tesla CEO owes the president a “full-throated apology.”

“What’s the apology for exactly?” Musk replied, adding, “be precise.” Fishback went on to recap Musk’s call for impeachment and the Epstein files claim.

“I will apologize profusely as soon as there is a full dump of the Epstein files,” Musk said in a post that has since been taken down.

Musk tweet

Clicking the tweet takes the user to a dead end, though for some reason, it still appears on Musk’s “Replies” timeline as of this writing.

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