Epstein, a sex offender who died in 2019, was fodder for an online feud between the U.S. president and tech mogul Elon Musk in June 2025.

The billionaire deleted social-media posts that sought to connect Trump to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

In a spat with President Trump, Elon Musk invokes the Epstein files, a source of endless speculation and conspiracy.

Vice President Vance in a recent interview came to President Trump's defense in response to the recent spat between the president and tech billionaire Elon Musk.

Musk said on Thursday that the Republican leader is named in classified government papers on former Epstein associates. Epstein committed suicide in 2019 while facing sex trafficking charges

Vice President JD Vance said Elon Musk made a “huge mistake” going after President Donald Trump, during an interview on “This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von” released Saturday, according to the episode transcript.

Elon Musk appears to be softening his stance towards Donald Trump, deleting critical tweets, prompting calls for a full apology from James Fishback. T

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk explosively sparred on their respective social media platforms Thursday – with the president floating the idea of cutting the tech billionaire’s various government contracts and Musk going nuclear at one point and saying Trump’s name was in the so-called Epstein files.