Elon Musk and Donald Trump are the prime examples of how political associations are not friendships and how one should be careful while choosing their friends.
After leaving the White House, Billionaire tech mogul, Elon musk and president Donald Trump fell out of friendship with each other. Where Trump waited for Elon to leave and then introduced his Big Beautiful Bill which would put the country back into the trillions of deficit, Elon went on social media to re-ignite the controversy of Donald Trump being involved with Jeffery Epstein.
Though Musk tried to save face and association by deleting the first tweet, the crack was already there, and the cabinet of the Trump administration never let the President forget about the betrayal by Elon.
Now the Bill has been passed and the damage to the country’s infrastructure has already been done. Trump does not need Musk anymore. So Musk is doing what he can do best. Utilizing his social media platform to launch a new party, which he has already done, and now questioning the closure of the Epstein file.
Recently, the FBI released the conclusions of the Epstein file. Essentially, closing the case without naming any names or releasing any documents. Musk has expressed his deep dissatisfaction and frustration in a way that’s most apt for Twitter or X. He has been posting a series of memes like a young adult or teenager.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 7, 2025
Musk has hinted that this was a cover-up by the FBI and has been making pointed commentary on it, in his own way.
One of the memes posted by Musk showed a cartoon character asking, “Where’s the Epstein list?” and receiving only silence in response. This image or meme has gone viral.
Musk’s message was clear- he thinks, government is hiding something and shielding powerful people by keeping the details hidden.
They arrested (and killed) Peanut, but have not even tried to file charges against anyone on the Epstein client list.
Government is deeply broken. pic.twitter.com/YndRadQUBE
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 8, 2025
Musk’s online crusade started after the FBI and the US Department of Justice announced that there was no credible evidence or a client list in the extensive investigation of Epstein’s case.
There was no proof of any blackmail effort. The agency has also confirmed that Epstein’s death in 2019 was a suicide. This has ended the contradictory speculations, at least on paper.
According to the FBI, the 300GB cache of files reportedly contained no materials that could suggest the involvement of any elite figures of society.
This finding has finally closed the chapter of the Jeffrey Epstein case. Whether victims and survivors of these assaults are satisfied or not is an entirely different case. According to the FBI, Epstein was involved in these activities against minors alone.
Bondi Explains She Was Going To Release The Epstein Files But Then Some Pedophiles Asked Her Not To https://t.co/UrrVsBPpbi pic.twitter.com/aEH9RsWaep
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) July 8, 2025
However, for many, including Elon Musk, these FBI’s conclusions are just a smoke screen.
These FBI’s updates are against everything that the Trump administration promised when they took over the office in January 2025. Attorney General Pam Bondi previously claimed that an Epstein’s client list would be made public. She stoked expectations that major names including political and business elites would be exposed.
Elon Musk, apparently referencing these earlier claims, accused the government of deliberately withholding key information.
Musk is standing by his demand for transparency. “If the entire government is protecting pedophiles, it has officially become the government against the people,” he wrote in a follow-up post.
Trump responded with a rebuttal. He has called Elon Musk “a man who has lost his mind.” In a Trump manner, he cited his own lawyer’s claim that no incriminating information connects him to Epstein.
Despite threats of legal action from Trump’s camp, Musk’s America Party has made the release of Epstein-related documents a central issue in its platform.
