Billionaire Elon Musk has seemingly removed posts on X, formerly Twitter, that he wrote in which he claimed that President Donald Trump was named in the much-discussed files of Jeffrey Epstein, a move that significantly escalated a feud between the two former allies.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Donald Trump's former allies say the political battlefield is littered with the scorched remains of those who have had a falling out with him.