Elon Musk takes Trump feud to next level with more Epstein files claims as aides try to broker peace: Live updates

By CHARLIE SPIERING, SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER and WILL POTTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Published: 13:14 BST, 6 June 2025 | Updated: 13:53 BST, 6 June 2025

Donald Trump branded Elon Musk ‘the man who has lost his mind’ as the world’s richest man escalated his feud with the president. 

Musk continued firing insults at Trump on Friday on his X platform, with insiders said to be losing hope that a truce between the men can be brokered. 

The businessman’s Tesla stock plummeted as he launched at Trump on Thursday, and was down 14.26% as of Friday morning. 

The White House told DailyMail.com that there are ‘no plans’ for a call between Trump and Musk on Friday, with the president previously telling a reporter he was ‘not particularly’ interested in peace talks. 

Trump’s barb about Musk ‘losing his mind’ comes after bombshell reports that the entrepreneur was taking a cocktail of drugs including ecstasy and magic mushrooms on the campaign trail.  

Trump says he’s ‘not particularly’ interested in peace talks with Musk

Donald Trump was reportedly ‘not angry or even concerned’ about his escalating feud with Elon Musk in a phone call with reporter Jonathan Karl.

Karl wrote on X that Trump branded Musk ‘the man who has lost his mind’, but was not concerned with speaking with the former ‘First Buddy.’

‘As for reports that there is going to be a Trump/Musk call scheduled for today, Trump told me he is “not particularly“ interested in talking to Musk although he says Musk wants to talk to him,’ the ABC News correspondent said.

President Donald Trump’s surprise decision to change Elon Musk’s preferred pick to lead NASA may have done more to fuel the historic blowup between the two men than previously known.

The president canceled his nomination of Jared Isaacman as NASA’s administrator after Musk officially left the White House on Friday.

Isaacman, a billionaire, pilot, and astronaut, was close with Musk and even flew to space with Musk’s Dragon program on Operation Polaris Dawn in 2024.

But he had a history of donating funds to Democrats, including recent Democratic candidates who ran against GOP senators Tim Sheehy of Montana and Bernie Moreno of Ohio in 2024.

Despite his donations, Isaacman was approved by the Senate committee in April and was expected to get confirmed this week in the Senate.

But Trump’s advisor Sergio Gor, in charge of managing the White House personnel office, reportedly delivered Trump a list of Isaacman’s donations to Democrats according to reporting from Axios.

Gor did not appreciate Musk’s involvement in personnel matters, the report noted, as they had a tense relationship.

‘This was Sergio’s out-the-door ‘f**k you’ to Musk,’ one White House official said.

Elon’s ‘got a problem’, Trump fumes

Donald Trump fumed at Elon Musk on Friday morning and said the billionaire has ‘got a problem’ amid their dramatic fallout.

‘I’m not even thinking about Elon,’ Trump told CNN.

‘He’s got a problem. The poor guy’s got a problem.’

Trump added in a call with the outlet that he ‘won’t be speaking to him for a while, I guess, but I wish him well.’

‘No plans’ for a call between Trump and Musk, White House says

The White House told DailyMail.com on Friday that there are ‘no plans’ for President Trump to speak with Elon Musk.

Trump is ‘not interested’ in speaking with the world’s richest man after he sent a series of stunning X posts attacking the president.

Katie Miller’s impossible choice

The pressure is on Katie Miller to choose: stay working for Elon Musk or quit her cushy consultant gig in order to support President Donald Trump and, by extension, her husband Stephen Miller.

Katie Miller, a prominent figure in Trump’s first administration, was spokesperson for Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and she left that job to follow Musk into the private sector.

But after a war of words – played out live on social media – erupted between the most powerful man in the world and the richest man in the world, she’ll have to choose either her employer or her president.

‘It’s unsustainable for her to remain on his payroll and remain a Trump ally,’ an administration official told Daily Mail.

Musk mocks JD Vance as VP set to release bombshell podcast

JD Vance sat down with podcaster Theo Von on Thursday as Elon Musk stunned the world with his dramatic turn on Donald Trump.

Vance shared a picture with Von captioned: ‘Slow news day, what are we even going to talk about?’

Musk drew attention to the episode, which is expected to be released on Friday, as he re-shared Vance’s post with a laughing emoji.

Late last night, the Daily Mail took a snap poll from the MAGA world elite.

The loudest voices were perhaps the most unsurprising.

‘I’ll be on the side of the guy that took a bullet for his country. Simple as that,’ CJ Pearson, a conservative activist and co-chair of the Republican National Committee Youth Advisory, said.

Influencer Emily Wilson, better known as ‘Emily Saves America’ in Trump circles, said that though she ‘doesn’t agree with doing this publicly and it’s not a good look for us… compared to Democrats, our party at least goes for it.

‘We go with what we think and feel, we don’t just fall in line with each other. I feel like Democrats are all shady and do everything behind closed doors and eat their own.’

Raquel Debono, 28, who runs ‘Make America Hot Again’ speed dating events, added jokingly: ‘I guess Trump’s not invited to Mars anymore.’

Republican lawmakers also waded into the controversy, appearing shocked by the dramatic fallout between the two men.

‘Clearly the bromance is over, I’m just trying to figure out what the hell happened,’ New York Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis told the Daily Mail.

South Carolina Republican Rep. Ralph Norman admitted he was sad to see the dispute.

‘You got two, two high profile, strong ego leaders, and in some way this is probably bound to happen,’ he said. ‘But it’s sad, really. It’s really sad.’

JD Vance comes to Trump’s defense

Vice President JD Vance leapt to Donald Trump’s defense on Friday morning as he slammed ‘corporate media lies’ about the president.

‘There are many lies the corporate media tells about President Trump. One of the most glaring is that he’s impulsive or short-tempered,’ he posted on X.

‘Anyone who has seen him operate under pressure knows that’s ridiculous.’

Vance added in a follow up post that ‘it’s (maybe) the single biggest disconnect between fake media perception and reality.’

Elon’s Tesla stock plummets amid feud with the White House

Elon Musk’s Tesla stock plummeted following his attacks on Donald Trump, sitting at a 14% drop as of Friday morning.

Musk’s net worth dropped about $27 billion on Thursday, however he remains the world’s richest man with a net worth standing around $388 billion.

Shares in the president’s company that supports his Truth Social platform also fell eight percent yesterday, with his Trump Coin cryptocurrency also weakening.

Musk shares clip of Trump partying with Jeffrey Epstein as feud escalates

Elon Musk showed no signs of calming his attacks on Donald Trump as he re-shared a stunning clip showing Donald Trump partying with Jeffrey Epstein.

The clip was from 1922, showing the persident and notorious pedophile surrounded by women and dancing at a club.

The footage was posted by X user Natalie Danelishen, before Musk re-shared it with an inquisitive faced emoji.

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