The comments come as the Trump admin debates how far it can go to exert control over cities struggling with crime and political infighting.

It was Musk himself who wrenched the Epstein affair back into public consciousness during his first open spat with Trump in June. In a now-deleted X post, Musk wrote, “@realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public.” Trump has not been officially accused of any wrongdoing connected to Epstein.

Fox Business Network tried to amplify President Trump’s claims that the U.S. had recorded $150 billion in tariff revenue—but it forgot to mention who pays the cost. The Fox News sister channel’s X account posted a fawning post on Tuesday that noted Trump had “hit a record high in tariff revenue,