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Elon Musk claims ‘real reason’ government files on late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein have not been released is because they mention Donald Trump as bitter dispute explodes in spectacular style

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President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are expected to speak on Friday after their disagreement over the former’s “big, beautiful bill” erupted into a spectacular public feud on Thursday.

The world’s richest man, who left the Trump administration last week, has been increasingly vocal about his opposition to the president’s signature legislation, a tax and spending bill that threatens to drive up the national debt and ends a tax credit on electric vehicles that benefits Musk’s Tesla business.