{"id":250357,"date":"2025-06-06T00:05:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T23:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/trump-musk-row-explodes-as-billionaire-claims-president-named-in-epstein-files-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T00:05:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T23:05:19","slug":"trump-musk-row-explodes-as-billionaire-claims-president-named-in-epstein-files-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/trump-musk-row-explodes-as-billionaire-claims-president-named-in-epstein-files-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-Musk row explodes as billionaire claims President named in Epstein files | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/8vg2D3Pi9Rk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Trump-Musk row explodes as billionaire claims President named in Epstein files | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8vg2D3Pi9Rk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The key political partnership between Donald Trump and Elon and Elon Musk has exploded  in spectacular fashion with a bitter war of words.<\/p>\n<p>It began when Mr Trump said he was \u201csurprised and disappointed\u201d at Elon Musk\u2019s criticism of his flagship budget bill.   He said they had had a \u201cgreat relationship\u201d but \u201cI don\u2019t know if we will any more\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk responded on his social media platform X with a series of increasingly heated remarks about his former boss.   He said the President\u2019s claims that he has supported the budget bill were \u201cfalse\u201d.   He said Mr Trump was  \u201cungrateful\u201d for his help in getting elected and would have lost the election without his financial support.   Elon Musk also claimed that the President\u2019s tariffs policy would lead to a recession.<\/p>\n<p>Then Musk made an extraordinary allegation.   He said that Donald Trump is in the files about the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  He said that \u201cis the real reason they have not been made public\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump suggested that the easiest way to save money would be to terminate the billions of dollars in government contracts and subsidies that go to Elon Musk\u2019s companies.<\/p>\n<p>Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith and Simon Jack.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The key political partnership between Donald Trump and Elon and Elon Musk has exploded in spectacular fashion with a bitter war of words. It began when Mr Trump said he was \u201csurprised and disappointed\u201d at Elon Musk\u2019s criticism of his flagship budget bill. 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