The leading role the former “first buddy” took in stoking the Epstein controversy shows how he remains a potent political risk for Trump months after he publicly left the White House.

The series of posts signals a growing rift between two of the most high-profile figures on the political and tech stage — with Epstein transparency at the center of the tension. Trump previously indicated he would target Elon Musk’s companies after the Tesla CEO announced that Trump was in the Epstein files.

Jon Stewart has a theory about why the very litigious president has not sued his former buddy Elon Musk for declaring to the world that he’s in the Epstein files. “They have a little bit of a China-U.