Newsmax Host Defuses Elon Musk’s Trump ‘Bomb’ With This Big Question | EUROtoday

Newsmax’s Carl Higbie ripped ex-White House adviser Elon Musk’s “low blow” at President Donald Trump on Thursday after the billionaire claimed the administration isn’t releasing the Jeffrey Epstein information because of the president being named in them.

“Elon, if you knew he was on the Epstein client list, why did you let him board Marine One with your son? Just asking!” questioned Higbie as a clip performed of Trump boarding the helicopter with Musk’s 5-year-old son, X, in March.

Musk — amid his explosive breakup with Trump — took to his social media platform X to accuse the president of being in a trove of paperwork tied to Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in jail in 2019 whereas awaiting trial on intercourse trafficking fees.

Earlier this 12 months, the White House shared information tied to the case with Trump-backing social media influencers however the hyped-up drop was finally a letdown to many, as a lot of the data within the paperwork had already been launched.

Trump — who as soon as described Epstein as a “great guy” and was seen with him on quite a lot of events — has since claimed that he was by no means on the financier’s aircraft, regardless of flight logs launched by the president’s personal lawyer basic displaying in any other case.

Moments earlier on Newsmax, Higbie famous that he nonetheless admires each Trump and Musk earlier than underscoring the “really crappy scenario” they discover themselves in and turning his consideration to the billionaire’s Epstein put up — which led with the phrases, “Time to drop the really big bomb.”

The right-wing host argued that Musk’s declare can’t be “immediately verified” and, contemplating the authorized battles Trump has confronted lately, the Biden administration would’ve “thrown” an Epstein-related case at him.

He went on to downplay Trump’s ties to Epstein, claiming that the financier was at Trump’s membership “once” (he was noticed there on a couple of event) and he was ultimately kicked out attributable to “bad behavior” (for reportedly hitting on the teenage daughter of a member at Mar-a-Lago).

“But the best thing for Trump to do now is to release the list, something, also, our FBI and [Attorney General] Pam Bondi have promised us!” Higbie mentioned.

Some social media customers praised Higbie over his “fair” query whereas others famous that Musk didn’t fear about his son with Trump as Epstein’s fees have been tied to allegations he paid women, some as younger as 14, for intercourse.