Elon Musk’s father says his son and Donald Trump will patch things up after dramatic falling out

Elon Musk’s father has said his son and Donald Trump’s dramatic falling out was like “a man and a wife arguing”, but they will patch things up soon.

Errol Musk said “It’s like any argument. Everybody at some point says I’ll never make up, but then they do later.”

It comes after the world’s richest man said in a now-deleted tweet that the US president appears in files relating to the disgraced paedophile, Mossad agent and financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The social media back-and-forth began when the Tesla and SpaceX CEO called Mr Trump’s tax and spending bill a “disgusting abomination” days after abruptly leaving his position spearheading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), saying it would add to US debts and threaten economic stability.

“Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public,” he tweeted.

In a follow-up post he added: “Mark this post for the future. The truth will come out.”

He gave no evidence for his claim, which the White House dismissed. The posts disappeared from his social media platform by Sunday.

Asked what he thought of the public falling out, Errol Musk said: “I was very surprised, I didn’t expect anything like that.”

He said his son is “somebody who sticks by his principles” and “doesn’t like to be called out on anything”.

He added: “I don’t think Elon would be concerned about whether he criticises Donald Trump or not.”

‘They’ll come to an understanding’

Mr Musk said his son and the president fell out over Mr Trump’s bill, adding it was “not going to save the country money” and “was going to cost the country even more money”.

But he said: “I think they’ll come to an understanding in due course. Elon is standing by his principles that we must cut costs.”