Elon Musk backed a call to impeach President Trump, one of the latest swipes at the president by the billionaire in an ongoing war of words between the former allies.

Musk backs call to impeach Trump, replace him with Vance

(The Hill) — Tech billionaire Elon Musk backed a call to impeach President Trump on Thursday, one of the latest swipes at the president by the billionaire in an ongoing war of words between the former allies.

“President vs Elon. Who wins? My money’s on Elon. Trump should be impeached and JD Vance should replace him,” Ian Miles Cheong, a Malaysia-based right-wing writer said in a Thursday afternoon post on X.

“Yes,” Musk said in response to Cheong’s post, slightly over 20 minutes later.

Trump and Musk feud escalates
On Thursday, Trump and Musk’s relationship quickly fell apart in a very public way. In an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the president told reporters that he was “very surprised” and “very disappointed” in Musk, who has recently mounted a campaign against the president’s signature policy bill.

In response, Musk claimed on social media that he was behind the president’s November 2024 election victory. He also alleged in a midafternoon post on X that Trump had ties to convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein.

“Time to drop the really big bomb,” Musk said in the X post. “[Trump] is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public.”

“Mark this post for the future. The truth will come out,” Musk said in a subsequent post.

In his first Truth Social post after Musk’s Epstein files claim, Trump touted the House’s “big, beautiful bill” and suggested Musk should’ve turned against him a long time ago.

“I don’t mind Elon turning against me, but he should have done so months ago. This is one of the Greatest Bills ever presented to Congress. It’s a Record Cut in Expenses, $1.6 Trillion Dollars, and the Biggest Tax Cut ever given. If this Bill doesn’t pass, there will be a 68% Tax Increase, and things far worse than that. I didn’t create this mess, I’m just here to FIX IT. This puts our Country on a Path of Greatness. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment.