Billionaire Elon Musk has seemingly removed posts on X, formerly Twitter, that he wrote in which he claimed that President Donald Trump was named in the much-discussed files of Jeffrey Epstein, a move that significantly escalated a feud between the two former allies.

Although Elon Musk has been known to lean on "free speech" when convenient, the ex-DOGE boss appears to backpedaling after dropping a major bombshell.

Former “First Buddy” Elon Musk has deleted a spate of explosive tweets in which he claimed President Donald Trump was “is in the Epstein files.” He added in the since-scrubbed June 5 tweet, “That is the real reason they have not been made public.