Musk Rescinds Statements About Trump and Dragon Spacecraft

Elon Musk recently removed a post suggesting that President Donald Trump was implicated in the Jeffrey Epstein files. Additionally, he retracted his earlier plan to decommission the Dragon spacecraft.

On Thursday, Musk, known for his provocative tweets, claimed on X that “Trump is in the Epstein files.” However, this post was deleted the following day.

“Time to drop the really big bomb,” Musk had written.

He went on to allege, “@realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!”

In February, the Department of Justice released over a hundred pages of Epstein’s contacts and flight logs related to the sex trafficking allegations involving Epstein, who had connections with many influential figures, including former President Bill Clinton.

On Thursday, Epstein’s former attorney denied any involvement of Trump.

“I was hired to lead Jeffrey Epstein’s defense as his criminal lawyer 9 days before he died,” attorney David Schoen stated on X. “He sought my advice for months before that. I can say authoritatively, unequivocally, and definitively that he had no information to hurt President Trump. I specifically asked him!”

White House advisers have noted that any connections between Trump and Epstein might come to light in a complete information release, though they do not anticipate any allegations of wrongdoing towards Trump.

“This is an unfortunate episode from Elon, who is unhappy with the One Big Beautiful Bill because it does not include the policies he wanted,” said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. “The president is focused on passing this historic piece of legislation and making our country great again.”

Initially, Musk indicated that SpaceX would begin the immediate decommissioning of its Dragon spacecraft. However, just hours later, in response to another user, he stated that this plan was no longer in motion.

“Good advice. Ok, we won’t decommission Dragon,” Musk tweeted.

Currently, SpaceX is the sole U.S. company capable of transporting crews to and from the International Space Station with its four-person Dragon capsules.