Trump-Musk feud live updates as president says he’s not focused on rift
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went up in flames Thursday, days after the world’s richest man left the administration and tried to wield his influence to kill a massive budget bill that is central to enacting the president’s top legislative priorities.
Their spat played out in public and marked another remarkable turn for Musk, who spent tens of millions on Mr. Trump’s reelection campaign and was given the reins to slash the size of the federal government. Here’s a look back at how Mr. Trump and Musk got here.
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related to the case of Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier who faced charges of sex trafficking and died by suicide while in federal custody in 2019. He said “that is the real reason” the files haven’t been released to the public.
Musk teased the allegation by claiming it was “time to drop the really big bomb.”
Trump administration officials pledged to release more files related to Epstein’s case once the president returned to the White House for his second term. The Justice Department in February released some information to more than a dozen right-wing influencers, but some who were part of the group said they learned nothing new.
