Axios further reports that only the day after alleging online that Trump’s name did indeed appear in the “Epstein files,” Musk hopped on a call with Vice President JD Vance and Chief of Staff Susie Wiles to ask how he might go about making amends. The following morning, he deleted his posts, going on to publicly state he had taken things “too far.”

Billionaire Elon Musk may be gone from President Donald Trump’s White House, but he’s not done with Republican politics