By turning the Epstein conspiracy against Trump, the CEO of Tesla cracked the MAGA base, and now the movement that once worshipped the U.S. president is starting to rebel.
On June 5, Elon Musk did something no one had managed to do since Donald Trump first stormed the political stage in 2015: he destabilized the king of Make America Great Again (MAGA).
It started with a now-deleted bombshell post on X (formerly Twitter). “Time to drop the really big bomb. Donald Trump is in the Epstein files,” Musk wrote. “That’s the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day.”
The post went viral before Musk quietly deleted it. But the damage was done. For the first time, Trump was facing a serious revolt from his own base, and the spark had come from someone outside politics, someone arguably more powerful online: Musk.Musk’s Calculated Strike
The breakdown in the Trump–Musk alliance began publicly on June 5, when the former president, angered by criticism from Musk, suggested the government might review federal contracts awarded to Musk’s companies, particularly the NASA deals with SpaceX. That same day, Tesla’s stock plunged, shedding $150 billion in market value.
But what went largely unnoticed at first was Musk’s decision to drag Trump into the darkest and most radioactive conspiracy theory in the MAGA universe: Jeffrey Epstein.
For years, Trump’s supporters have clung to the belief that Epstein, the convicted sex offender with ties to elites in politics, finance, and royalty, was murdered to protect powerful Democrats. The so-called “Epstein files” have become a rallying cry for those who believe the system protects pedophiles and punishes truth-tellers.
