#Donald Trump# Elon Musk# DOGE# Spending Bill# Epstein Files# US
Washington DC/IBNS-CMEDIA: : Amid their bitter spat on social media, US President Donald Trump on Friday referred to Elon Musk as “the man who has lost his mind” while responding to a question regarding a possible telephonic talk with the tech billionaire.
Earlier, Trump’s aides reportedly scheduled a call between the US President and Elon Musk for Friday morning (Washington DC time).
However, a short while later, a White House official gave an update stating, “There are no plans for President Trump to hold a call with Elon Musk on Friday.”
Meanwhile, during an interview with American news network ABC News over a phone call, President Trump was asked about reports suggesting he had a call scheduled with Musk later in the day, but Trump trashed the idea.
You mean the man who has lost his mind?” Trump asked, adding that he was “not particularly” interested in talking to him.
He went on to claim that Elon Musk wanted to talk to him, but he is not ready to talk to Musk, indicating a snub to his former adviser and friend.
According to ABC News, the US President sounded “remarkably unconcerned” about Elon Musk’s outburst on social media and the very public fallout between the two leaders.
In the heat of the moment, however, when the two billionaires were exchanging blows on social media, Trump had threatened Elon Musk about scrapping his government contracts – which would directly impact SpaceX.
Time to drop the really big bomb:@realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public.
Have a nice day, DJT!— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2025
In another post, the Tesla CEO agreed to one user’s view that Trump should be impeached and get replaced by Vice-President JD Vance.
The user writes, “President vs Elon. Who wins? My money’s on Elon. Trump should be impeached and JD Vance should replace him.”
Yes https://t.co/rqRsX8B4Hg— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2025
Who was Jeffery Epstein and what are Epstein files?
The Epstein files are a huge collection of documents related to the criminal activities of Jeffery Epstein, who was a child sex offender and trafficker.
Epstein was accused of raping young girls, trafficking minor girls for the sexual gratification of top politicians, celebrities.
In 2005, the Florida Police started probing into the conduct of Epstein, who started his career as a teacher and turned to banking and finance, after a parent accused him of sexually abusing her 14-year-old daughter.
Police found Epstein sexually abused as many as 36 young girls. He pleaded guilty on two counts and was convicted in 2008.
Though he was controversially released from prison early, Epstein was arrested again in 2019 for sex trafficking minors in New York and Florida.
The US Department of Justice had in February 2025 revealed Trump was among many other influential people found in Epstein’s contact list.
The US government has, however, so far released only select records of the Epstein Files.
The Epstein Files contains documents, contact lists, call records, names of Epstein’s associates.
Trump-Musk discord
Despite sharing a strong bond, tech billionaire Elon Musk’s friendship with Donald Trump has hit an all-time low, with the former slamming the US President repeatedly over the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’.
Trump, meanwhile, said he was very disappointed with Musk over his criticism of the bill.
“I’m very disappointed with Elon. I’ve helped him a lot. He knew the inner workings of the bill better than anybody sitting here. He had no problem with it. All of a sudden he had a problem & he only developed the problem when he found out we’re going to cut EV mandate,” Trump said while speaking to the American press.
In response, Musk said Trump would have lost the 2024 Presidential elections without his support.
Musk said, “Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate…Such ingratitude.”
After disagreeing with President Trump behind closed doors, Musk quit the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) last week.
