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.

Mr Trump also appeared to suggest he was moving on from the spat, telling reporters during a flight to New Jersey: “Honestly I’ve been so busy working on China, working on Russia, working on Iran... I...

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.