(The Hill) - The feud between President Trump and Elon Musk grew exponentially more bitter on Thursday.

The two exchanged volleys of insults that reached their pinnacle — or nadir, depending upon one’s perspective — when Musk alleged that files on the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein were being kept secret to protect Trump.

The fissure between the two men now yawns wide, less than a week after Musk officially left his position spearheading the quasi-official Department of Government Efficiency.

In the intervening days, Musk had become bolder in expressing his dissent over the enormous budget and tax cut bill currently making its way through Congress. Trump refers to that legislation as the “big, beautiful bill.” It is the centerpiece of his Capitol Hill agenda.

But Thursday brought

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