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President Donald Trump has confirmed what consequences Elon Musk will face following his public claims about the rumored Epstein files.
This comes after Musk posted a series of tweets in recent weeks suggesting that Trump is involved in the alleged files.
Earlier this week, the tech mogul shared a bullseye emoji on his social media platform X, formerly Twitter, in response to speculation about whether a pardon could be on the horizon for Ghislaine Maxwell.
This isn’t the first time Musk has publicly speculated about the Epstein files following his fall out with Trump.
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Earlier this year, the Tesla boss took to X to write: “@realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public.
“Mark this post for the future. The truth will come out.”
At the time, Trump was not pleased with Musk’s remarks and in an interview with NBC News, the president said that Musk had been ‘disrespectful’.
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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 28, 2025
He added: “I think it’s a very bad thing, because he's very disrespectful. You could not disrespect the office of the president.”
Later in the year, Trump also appeared to threaten Musk with the possibility of canceling government contracts.
The president took to his own social media platform Truth Social to write: “Elon may get more subsidy than any human being in history, by far, and, without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back to South Africa.”
However, it seems like he has had a change of heart, clarifying his hopes for the future of Musk’s companies.
In a post, the president wrote: “Everyone is stating that I will destroy Elon's companies by taking away some, if not all, of the large scale subsidies he receives from the U.S. Government.
“This is not so! I want Elon, and all businesses within our Country, to THRIVE.”
Trump was questioned by reporters on the claims of a potential pardon for Maxwell on Monday (July 28), where he said: “Well, I’m allowed to give her a pardon, but nobody’s approached me with it. Nobody’s asked me about it. It’s in the news, that aspect of it, but right now, it would be inappropriate to talk about it.”
Maxwell is currently serving 20 years in prison for her role in a scheme to sexually exploit and abuse multiple minor girls with Jeffrey Epstein over the course of a decade.
She was found guilty in 2021 of conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, conspiracy to transport minors to participate in illegal sex acts, transporting a minor to participate in illegal sex acts, sex trafficking conspiracy, and sex trafficking of a minor.
