"which had secured for the world's richest mogul even greater power (and some very valuable government data). Musk's close involvement with the agenda of the second Trump administration had prompted critics to call it the "Trump-Musk White House"-but the now-sidelined tech oligarch seemed to have become the same sort of obsolete Trump crony that Rex Tillerson or Mike Pence had been in the wake of Trump's first term."
"Rather than attacking destitute migrants or trans Democrats, Musk was now targeting Trump, whom he accused of various betrayals. The tech mogul claimed to be especially outraged over Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" that vastly expanded government spending while slashing taxes-a measure that Musk saw as a "disgusting abomination" certain to balloon the national debt. Finally, Musk wrote on X, it was "time to drop the really big bomb:@realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public.""
Last June the relationship between Donald Trump and Elon Musk deteriorated. Musk completed a 180-day stint as a "special government employee" and left the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which had given him greater power and access to government data. Musk's involvement with the second Trump administration prompted critics to call it the "Trump-Musk White House," but Musk became sidelined. At DOGE Musk deployed engineers to cut payrolls and run AI-driven data raids but failed to curtail the administrative state or slash spending. Trump declined to nominate Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator because of past donations to Democrats. Musk attacked Trump on X over the "Big Beautiful Bill" and alleged Trump was in the Epstein files.
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